The rebels hit a school bus. The attack killed 39 people and wounded 51, mostly children.

The shiite rebels in Yemen hit a busy market and a bus on Thursday in the country's north. The attack killed 39 people and wounded 51, mostly children. As many as 35 were also wounded in the attack, which took place in the Dahyan district in Saada province, a stronghold of the rebels. The province lies along the border with Saudi Arabia. The airstrikes hit pedestrians in the area of the attack and also struck a bus that was ferrying civilians, including many school children. There was no immediate comment from the coalition, which is led by Saudi Arabia and which is fighting to restore Yemen's internationally recognized government to power. The Saudi coalition has been at war with the Houthis since March 2015. The rebels control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. "Scores killed, even more injured, most under the age of ten," the head of the ICRC in Yemen, Johannes Bruwer, said on his Twitter account, adding that the ICRC in Yemen is "sending additional supplies to hospitals to cope with the influx." Yemen's stalemated, three-year war has killed over 10,000 people, badly damaged Yemen's infrastructure and crippled its health system. The coalition faces widespread international criticism for its airstrikes in Yemen that kill civilians. Impoverished Yemen, on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is now in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22.2 million people in need of assistance. The U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has been pushing to bring the warring parties to restart peace talks. He recently announced plans to invite Yemen's warring parties to Geneva on Sept. 6 to hold the first round of consultations.