Yemen’s president has rejected a UN-proposed peace plan for the country.<br /><br /> Exiled in Saudi Arabia, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, was firm in his dismissal of the proposal, which would give the Shi’ite Houthi rebels who seized the capital in 2014 a share in the future government.<br /><br /> The ideas presented, he said, “carry the seeds of war” and would be a “reward” for the rebels. <br /><br /> It marks a fresh blow to UN efforts to end a conflict that, in just over a year and a half has left 7,000 people dead, three million displaced and the country divided.<br /><br /> Reports suggest that on Saturday alone at least 17 civilians were killed in the southwestern province of Taiz, in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition supporting Hadi. Local officials and eyewitnesses claim several children were among the dead.<br />
