Coalition Planes Strike Houthi Camp İn Yemen's Maarib

Saudi-led coalition planes struck sites belonging to the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen's eastern Maarib province early Sunday, eyewitnesses have said.



The coalition warplanes have targeted Houthi gatherings in Sirwah and Rahab districts in western Maarib, the witnesses told The Anadolu Agency.



Elsewhere in Yemen, the coalition fighter jets have pounded Houthi sites in various areas across the central province of Taizz, security sources told AA.



According to the sources, four airstrikes targeted the Special Forces camp and a Houthi convoy coming from Ibb province. A fifth raid struck a stadium used by the Houthis as a launch-pad for attacks on troops loyal to embattled Yemeni President ABD Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.



No information is yet available on casualties of the overnight airstrikes.



Yemen has been in turmoil since the Houthis overran capital Sanaa in September and have since advanced on other provinces.



Late last month, Saudi Arabia and several other Arab states began an air campaign against Houthi positions across Yemen.



Riyadh says the strikes come in response to appeals by Hadi for help against the Houthis.



The Houthis, for their part, denounce the offensive as an unwarranted "Saudi-American onslaught" on Yemen.



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