Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen down 80% - U.N. envoy
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United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that the number of airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen has dropped nearly 80% in the last two weeks.
"In what is perhaps an even more important sign that something is changing in Yemen ... In the last two weeks, the rate has dramatically reduced: there were almost 80% fewer airstrikes nationwide than in the two weeks prior," he said.
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