Officials: Family of 11 killed by airstrikes in Yemen
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Yemeni security officials say a family of 11 people was killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the war-torn western city of Taiz.
The officials say that the Saturday airstrike targeted the house of a citizen named Abdullah Abdo in a southern district called al-Salw.
Taiz, the cultural center of Yemen, has been torn between coalition-backed forces and Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, for the past year and a half. The district that came under attack is close to the front line, and officials said that it is often difficult hard to distinguish rebels from government forces.
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The fighting between the two sides intensified in al-Salw in recent days and many families have fled their homes.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.