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December 20, 2017

Yemen: Rebels Fire Missile at Saudi Palace as Civilian Deaths Mount
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In Yemen, the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition said Tuesday it had shot
down a missile fired by rebels and aimed at the heart of the Saudi
kingdom. Video posted by Houthi militants showed the launch of the
short-range ballistic missile, which the rebels said was aimed at the
royal palace in Riyadh. Saudi officials immediately blamed Iran for
supplying the missile-a charge denied by both Tehran and the Houthi
rebels. The escalating tensions came as the U.N.'s top human rights
official said U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have killed at
least 136 civilians and noncombatants in the past two weeks alone,
including seven airstrikes on a prison that killed 45 people and an
assault on a farmhouse that killed 14 children and six adults.


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