Saudi-led airstrikes hit Houthi militia camps in Yemeni capital

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-27 17:36:31|Editor: huaxia

SANAA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi militia-held military camps in the mountains of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday morning, residents told Xinhua.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported 14 coalition airstrikes on Sanaa targeting the war faculty and military camps in the mountains of Hafa, Attan, Ayban, Sama and Jarban.

Meanwhile, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television also reported that the coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi militia military sites in Sanaa.

The airstrikes came after a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday hit Saudi Aramco petroleum products distribution terminal in Saudi Arabian Red Sea port city of Jeddah, causing fire in a fuel tank.

The Monday missile attack on Saudi oil facility was the latest in a series of cross-border drone and missile attacks by the Houthi militia in Yemen. Most of the Houthi attacks had been intercepted by the Saudi-led coalition.

Yemen has been mired in civil war since late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of Sanaa.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015 to support Hadi's government. Enditem

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