A man stands on the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
SANAA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The airstrikes targeted the First Armored Division camp in the central part of Sanaa, it said without providing further details.
Ambulances were seen rushing to the targeted site, and search work is continuing under the rubble.
Meanwhile, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported a statement from the coalition that the airstrikes targeted a meeting of senior Houthi leaders in Sanaa, killing them all on the spot.
The coalition said that its airstrikes came in response to the militia's cross-border attacks on the airport and oil tankers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The coalition added that it intercepted and destroyed eight explosive-laden drones launched by the Houthi militia earlier in the day from Yemen towards the southern cities of Saudi Arabia.
The UAE is part of a Saudi-led Arab coalition supporting the Yemeni government against the Houthi militia.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has recently intensified cross-border drone and missile attacks against cities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa. ■
A man stands on the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
People stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A man holds a family photo among the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A man searches among the rubble of a house destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
People search among the rubble of houses destroyed by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 18, 2022. At least six people were killed and eight others injured in multiple airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
