Air strikes led by Saudi Arabia have hit a care centre for blind people, residents have said.

Three people are believed to have been wounded at the Noor Centre for the Blind on Tuesday, according to Saba news agency.

The capital's Chamber of Commerce and Industry was also hit in the strikes, although no casualties were reported. The strikes were targeted at Houthi forces, an ally of Iran, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, the port city of Hodaida and the city of Taiz.

On 2 January, Saudi Arabia announced that a cease fire, which began on 15 December following United-Nations backed peace talks, had ended. It came on the same day the kingdom executed a Shia cleric convicted of "terrorism", which has seen tension grow between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

So far, the Yemen war has killed 2795 civilians, according to the UN. Of the fatalities, around 60 per cent are the result of air strikes.

Dozens killed in Syria capital

In Syria, government and rebel bombardment killed up to 26 civilians and wounded dozens in the capital and a nearby opposition bastion yesterday, state media and a monitoring group said. More than 260,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict erupted in 2011 with protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government.