A photograph distributed by Houthi rebels shows what they claim are the results of a Saudi airstrike. Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images The United Nations claims that for the second time in August, a bomb launched by Saudi Arabia in the American-backed campaign against Yemeni rebels killed more than 20 children. Mark Lowcock, an undersecretary-general at the U.N., said in a statement on Friday that a Saudi airstrike had killed at least 22 children and four women in the rebel-held area near Al Hudaydah, and that another airstrike in the area had killed four more children. Though there was no independent verification of the death toll, the New York Times reported that “U.N. partners verified the information” Lowcock provided. “I echo the recent statement by the Secretary-General on Yemen, condemning such attacks on civilians and calling for an impartial, independent and prompt investigation into these most recent incidents,” Lowcock wrote. Just two weeks ago, a bomb launched by Saudi Arabia — but manufactured in the United States — killed dozens of Yemeni children who were traveling on a summer camp school bus. A Saudi spokesman said the attack had been targeting rebel missile launchers, but called it a “legitimate military action,” and… Read full this story
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