American and British warplanes savagely attack Yemen, killing as many as 18 civilians after the US president vows using “overwhelming lethal force” against the already impoverished Arab Peninsula nation that had recently resumed a ban on Israeli ships from crossing key maritime regions.

Citing an initial toll, Yemen’s health ministry said “nine civilians were killed and nine others wounded, most of whom are in critical condition” during the assaults against the country’s capital Sana’a on Saturday, identifying the targets as purely “civilian sites.”

The Yemeni ministry condemned targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructures, describing it as a “full-fledged war crime and a blatant violation of international laws and conventions.”

Later, Yemen's Ansarullah popular resistance movement revised the figure to 13 fatalities and nine injuries.

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