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Saudi-led coalition kills own fighters in prison airstrike

Many of those killed by Saudi-backed forces in an assault on a Houthi-run detention facility in Yemen were prisoners loyal to the Saudi-led alliance.
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DHAMAR, Yemen — Even as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called Sept. 8 for their proxy forces in Yemen to stop fighting each other, Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces were still exchanging airstrikes over the weekend.

Until recently, the two Gulf states were both backing the UN-recognized Yemeni government and were united against the Iran-affiliated Houthis. But the UAE forces in August began supporting the Southern Transitional Council separatist movement.

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