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Dozens killed in Saudi coalition airstrike on a bus in Yemen — many of them children

BEIRUT - An airstrike launched by the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen hit a school bus in the rebel-held north of the country Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of people, many of them children, according to local and international medical officials.

The regional coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognized government, said the strike was part of a legitimate military operation targeting missile launchers in Saada

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