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© Mohamed al-Sayaghi / ReutersA Houthi militant stands outside al-Nour mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa October 7, 2015.
At least 15 civilians were killed and 25 wounded in two Saudi-led airstrikes that hit a wedding party in Yemen hosted by a tribal leader, an alleged supporter of Houthi rebels, according to media reports. It was the second wedding targeted in two weeks.

The strikes hit the tribal leader's home in Sanban, located southeast of the capital, Sanaa, in Dhamar province, AP reported citing officials and witnesses.

The house reportedly belonged to Muhammed al-Sanabani, the Khaleej Post said. Three of Sanabani's sons were to be married off on Wednesday evening. The strikes hit the house as the brides were arriving at the ceremony, according to witnesses.

The strikes came after Yemeni government forces, with the help of the Saudi-led coalition, were able to capture the Shiite Houthi rebels' outpost in Marib province, taking over the town of Sirwah, a Yemeni military official, Colonel Ayed al-Moradi, said.

Meanwhile, the UN said on Wednesday that the Houthis had accepted a Security Council resolution calling for an end to the fighting. A UN special envoy was traveling to get a response from the other side at the time of the strike.

The hit on the wedding comes just a day after Saudi-led coalition helicopters reportedly killed more than 30 people, mainly civilians, in a northern Yemeni village.

The strike was the second to hit a wedding in Yemen in just over a week. On September 28, 135 civilians were killed at a wedding party in an apparent Saudi airstrike, marking the deadliest single bombing in Yemen's civil war.

The Saudi-led campaign has been receiving a lot of criticism over civilian deaths as of late. A total of 1,100 civilians have been killed in the campaign in the last six months, according to the UN.

The Saudi-led coalition launched its anti-Houthi campaign in March of 2015 in response to the "Ansar Allah" Houthi movement capturing large territories of Yemen, including Sanaa, the capital, and Aden, the country's second largest city.

Moreover, the UN children's agency, UNICEF, said in its latest report that 505 children have been killed, and 702 more injured in the half-year of violence in Yemen, while 1.7 million youths are at risk of suffering malnutrition amidst the humanitarian crisis.