Arab Coalition pledges to conduct investigation over the raid

The Arab Coalition revealed its intention to review its military operations in the area of "Atan",- southwest of the capital Sanaa, in which one of the houses was targeted in an air strike on Friday morning.

Spokesman for the Arab coalition in Yemen Turki Al Malki on Friday reaffirmed the coalition's commitment to protecting Yemeni civilians. In a statement, Malki said that the Arab coalition adopts rules of engagement in accordance with the provisions of international humanitarian law. 

All operations launched south of Sanaa are being reviewed upon allegations on targeting a home in the district, and results will be announced immediately after the investigation is completed, he added. 
We always make sure that the targets are totally military to avoid civilian casualties, the spokesman stressed.

On his hand, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Makhlafi called for the formation of a commission of inquiry into the bombing of the Arab coalition of a residential house in the capital Sana'a.

"What happened today in the Faj Atan area of the capital, Sana'a, from the coalition bombing of the coalition hit civilians that warrant investigation by the coalition and announce the result of the investigation," Makhlafi said in a tweet on his Twitter account.

Children were among at least 14 people killed in an air strike that toppled residential blocks in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and medics said. The attack was the latest in a wave of deadly raids on residential areas of Yemen blamed on a Saudi-led Arab military coalition, drawing strong international condemnation.

The United Nations has accused the Arab coalition of killing 42 civilians in the week to Thursday, including many children. Amnesty International's Middle East research director, Lynn Maalouf, said the coalition "rained down bombs on civilians while they slept".

She called in a statement for the UN to take action against Saudi Arabia over the list of civilian facilities struck in deadly air raids over the past two years. "We are calling on the UN to look at the evidence - the schools and hospitals that lie in ruins, the hundreds of young lives lost to reckless air strikes," Maalouf said.