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Sana’a
Powerful explosions on Saturday rocked Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sana’a as a result of a string of airstrikes by the Saudi-led alliance.
The bombing followed the start of a military operation by the coalition, which is fighting against the Iran-linked Houthi rebels, aimed at what it called “legitimate” rebel targets in Sana’a.
Jets unleashed airstrikes against rebel military camps in different parts of the city, local residents said. Flames were seen rising from the facilities. Pro-Houthi television al-Masirah reported that the strikes hit, among other things, the premises of the rebel-controlled Information Ministry in Sana’a. The broadcaster gave no casualty figures.
The strikes targeted five rebel air defence sites and a ballistic missile depot in Sana’a, coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said.
“The alliance command is committed to preventing the terrorist Houthi militia and other terrorist organizations from having access to such military capabilities,” he added, according to Saudi state news agency SPA.
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