U.N.: Saudi-Led Coalition Raids In Yemen Have Killed At Least 109 Civilians In The Past Ten Days



DW: UN: Yemen's 'futile' war kills scores of civilians in past 10 days

The top UN official in Yemen says all sides in the country's conflict are indiscriminately killing civilians. He said airstrikes by the Saudi-led Arab coalition alone killed 68 noncombatants in one day.

The United Nations on Thursday described the civil conflict in Yemen as an "absurd" war in which all parties, including a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, were showing a "complete disregard for human life."

"This absurd war ... has only resulted in the destruction of the country and the incommensurate suffering of its people, who are being punished as part of a futile military campaign by both sides," the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a

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