On 9 August 2016, Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen food factory kill at least 14 people, mostly women. The bombing of the potato factory in the capital Sana’a comes just days after the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks. The factory targeted was situated near an army maintenance camp. Firefighters scrambled to control the resulting blaze but were unable to rescue people inside the building. More than half of those killed are believed to be women. Abdullah al-Aqel, the factory director, said the death toll stood at 16, with more than 10 people injured.

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The Yemeni press had reported that coalition has conducted hundreds more airstrikes across the country, killing dozens of people on the same day.

Tuesday’s bombing comes after months of negotiations failed to reach a peace deal between Saudi Arabia, the Houthis, and Yemen’s exiled government. Both the Saudi regime and exiled Yemeni government were quick to place blame on the Houthi rebels, who rejected a U.N.-brokered peace deal.
But the deal was not an even-handed compromise. Middle East Eye reported that the deal was “broadly in line” with what Saudi Arabia wanted — it would return control of Yemen to Hadi, and require the Houthis to turn over their weapons and leave the capital. The deal would have given Saudi Arabia what it wanted from the start: disarming the Houthis, removing them from power, and installing its preferred ruler. The Houthis rejected the deal, calling the proposal a “media stunt.”

The Intercept report

On 9 August 2015, five civilians were killed, including women and children in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Amran.

In Sadah, a little girl was injured as a result of the targeting of 4 homes and a most in 6 Saudi-led coalition raids.

In the wake of the bombing they attacked Mareb, Ibb, and Hajjah.

Yaman Yoon report