At least 22 people were killed and 50 were injured in an airport attack in Yemen yesterday. Yemen officials accused Houthi rebels of carrying out the attack, prompting a Saudi-led coalition (which backs Yemen’s government) to launch a series of retaliatory airstrikes. The violence marks the latest in a five-year conflict between the Saudi-led military coalition and Iran-aligned Houthi rebels.
More context: Houthi rebels seized control over parts of Yemen in 2015 and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee abroad, prompting a Saudi-led group to launch a campaign aimed at restoring Hadi’s government.
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