An air strike killed dozens of people at a camp for displaced people in northwest Yemen, aid workers say, as Arab warplanes bombarded rebels around the country.
The International Organization for Migration says 45 internally displaced people were killed and 65 wounded at the al-Mazrak camp in Hajja province.
IOM spokesman Joel Millman tells AFP that the organization has 75 staff on hand assisting the victims.
Earlier, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said 15 dead bodies and 30 wounded were taken to a hospital where it operates near the al-Mazrak camp. “It was an air strike,” said MSF’s Middle East program manager Pablo Marco.
The al-Mazrak camp has since 2009 been housing Yemenis displaced by the conflict between northern Houthi rebels and the central government. Marco said 500 new families had arrived at the camp over the past two days.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been pounding rebel positions in Yemen since early Thursday.
— AFP
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