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Viewfinder: Yemen Buries Children Killed by Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Washington, D.C., on August 13th, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, for children killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. At least 29 children were among those killed in the air raid on August 9th on a bus in a crowded market in Dahyan, Saada province, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Washington, D.C., on August 13th, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, for children killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. At least 29 children were among those killed in the air raid on August 9th on a bus in a crowded market in Dahyan, Saada province, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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