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Saudi-led airstrikes kill more than 70 in Yemen, rescue workers say

Women and children died in a series of coalition airstrikes on Friday that targeted a migrant holding center in Sadaa and a telecom hub in Hodeidah, aid agencies said.
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Saudi-led airstrikes on Friday killed more than 70 people, including women and children, in the Yemeni cities of Hodeida and Saada, aid agencies said. The casualty count is expected to climb as paramedics dig through the rubble. 

The airstrike that targeted a Yemeni detention center in the northern city of Saada killed and injured more than 100 people on Friday, most of them migrants, rescue workers said. 

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