(MENAFN) The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen called on Sunday for Hudaida port to be placed under UN supervision, after dozens of Somalian refugees were killed on a boat offshore.
"We are also aware of allegations that the attack was carried out by a helicopter and naval vessel belonging to the Saudi-led coalition," it said in a statement.
"We can confirm the coalition was not responsible for any attack on a refugee boat on Friday and ... there was no firing by any coalition forces on Friday in the area" of Hudaida.
The coalition called for the port there "to be placed immediately under United Nations supervision".
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