Two dead in air strike on Yemen film set

SANAA: An air raid struck the set of a rebel TV series in Yemen on Thursday, killing at least two people, a security source and a rights activist said.

The strike on Marawiaa district in the western province of Hodeida came as a cast and crew were filming a Ramadan series for Huthi rebel-run Al-Masirah television, they said.The set was on a farm that had belonged to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a one-time rebel ally who was gunned down by the Huthis in December after their partnership collapsed.

Multiple military vehicles, including two tanks, were on the property at the time of the attack, the sources told AFP.A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the Huthis, seen by Riyadh as Iranian proxies, since 2015. The security source said Thursday’s attack was one of a string of strikes in Hodeida province, which he attributed to Saudi-led forces. “We take this report seriously, it will be investigated,” a coalition spokesman told AFP, saying it would be “inappropriate to comment further” while the probe is ongoing. The coalition had previously targeted Saleh’s residence in Sanaa when the strongman was alive and allied with the Huthis.