AT LEAST 15 people were killed in a Saudi Arabian air raid today on the Yemeni city of Taiz, local officials said.

They said the strike hit a house in Dimnat Khadir district, an area that has seen heavy fighting between Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-allied Houthi rebels. They spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisals.

The latest victims of the Gulf kingdom’s three-year war on its southern neighbour, which has seen more than 10,000 civilians killed in bombing runs and sparked a cholera outbreak and famine, were reported as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was feted by French politicians.