The Saudi-UAE coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has reportedly carried out air raids in parts of the capital, Sanaa, hours after explosions struck the main airport in the southern city of Aden killing at least 26 people.
The coalition launched the air attacks overnight on Sanaa International Airport, and two Houthi sites in Rima Hamid in Sanhan district and Wadi Rjam in Bani Hashish district situated in southern Sanaa, according to Houthi-run Al Masirah TV.
No casualties have been reported so far.
“There are more than eight raids that have been carried out,” Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Al Attab, reporting from Sanaa, confirmed.
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Saudi-led coalition warplanes have struck targets in Yemen s Houthi-held capital Sanaa in retaliation for attacks that killed at least 22 people in the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday.
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There were no immediate reports of casualties from the airstrikes
Three International Committee of the Red Cross staff were killed in the initial attack
The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting for six years, of staging an attack on Aden s airport just as members of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi s new Cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia, and a second one on the presidential palace.
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Saudi coalition strikes Yemen’s Sanaa in retaliation after Aden attacks
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Blamed on the Houthi rebels, Wednesday’s attack on Aden airport killed at least 26 people and occurred just as members of the president’s new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia. A security personnel member reacts during an attack on Aden airport moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen, in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2020. (Reuters)
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck targets in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa as the country’s new power-sharing government vowed to bring stability to the war-torn country a day after deadly blasts rocked Aden airport.