{"id":27792,"date":"2016-08-17T03:23:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/houthi-shelling-kills-civilians-in-saudi-border\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T03:23:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T03:23:09","slug":"houthi-shelling-kills-civilians-in-saudi-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/houthi-shelling-kills-civilians-in-saudi-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthi shelling kills civilians in Saudi border city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Projectiles land in industrial area of Najran city, killing four Saudi citizens and three expatriate workers.}<\/p>\n<p>Projectiles fired by Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels have killed seven civilians in the southern Saudi city of Najran, Saudi state television has reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis targeted a crowd on Tuesday at an industrial area of Najran, close to the Yemeni border, Ekhbariya television channel said.<\/p>\n<p>Four Saudi citizens and three expatriate workers were among the dead, it said.<\/p>\n<p>An Arab military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, has been conducting air strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen since March 2015 in support of the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition stepped up the raids this month after UN-mediated peace talks between the rebels and the internationally backed government were suspended.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the coalition launched an investigation after international condemnation of an air raid that Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said killed 14 people at a hospital in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Another 24 people were wounded in the strike that hit the hospital on Monday in Abs in the rebel-held northern province of Hajja, the Paris-based aid agency said.<\/p>\n<p>An MSF staffer was among the dead, it said, naming him as Abdul Kareem al-Hakeemi.<\/p>\n<p>A team from coalition &#8220;has seen the UN Secretary General&#8217;s call for an investigation&#8221; into MSF&#8217;s claim and is initiating a probe, said the group known as the Joint Incidents Assessment Team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investigation will be independent and will follow international standards. The JIAT will make the results of its investigation public,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-14304 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bd1e096a921d46eab5b14fc59258a66b_18.jpg\" alt=\"Four Saudi citizens and three expatriate workers were among the dead\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Projectiles land in industrial area of Najran city, killing four Saudi citizens and three expatriate workers.} Projectiles fired by Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels have killed seven civilians in the southern Saudi city of Najran, Saudi state television has reported. 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