Updated Aug 25, 2018

More than 20 children killed in Saudi airstrike in Yemen

Aftermath of an airstrike that killed dozens of children earlier this week, on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen. Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

At least 22 children and four women were killed in Yemen on Friday from an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. reported.

The details: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, called for an investigation of the most recent attacks in Yemen. This comes two weeks after a strike killed dozens of civilians, many of them children, and an additional strike on Thursday that resulted in the deaths of four children per the U.N. Go deeper: America's role in Yemen's disaster

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