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A suspected Saudi-led air strike killed at least 13 people at a wedding in a rebel-held town in Yemen, witnesses and the rebels said Thursday, even as UN peace efforts made headway, according to AFP.

There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-led coalition, which has come under mounting criticism from human rights groups for the civilian death toll from the bombing campaign it has waged against the rebels since March.

It was the second alleged coalition strike on a Yemeni wedding party in just over a week.

The new raid hit a house where dozens of people were celebrating the wedding on Wednesday evening in the town of Sanban, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital Sanaa, residents said.

"Coalition warplanes launched the attack. The house was completely destroyed," said witness and local resident Taha al-Zuba.
"Warplanes were heard in the area ahead of the attack."

The rebels' Al-Masirah television said on Twitter that the wedding was hit by "aggression warplanes," referring to the coalition.
Medical sources said 38 people were also wounded.