Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed rebel troop headquarters in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday in strikes that killed “at least 15” people, AFP citing medical sources as saying.
A coalition led by Riyadh launched air strikes in Yemen on March 26 against Shiite Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore UN-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to power.
The jets on Wednesday targeted the Special Forces command headquarters in southern Sanaa, as well as an arms depot in Fajj Attan, a neighborhood overlooking the capital, residents said.
One medical source at Sanaa’s Sabeen Hospital said the facility had received “at least 15 dead and dozens wounded.
Other raids on Wednesday badly damaged a Houthi rebels’ controlled naval base in the province of Hodeidah on the Red Sea coast, residents said.
Strikes also hit the northern rebel stronghold province of Hajja, near the border with Saudi Arabia, witnesses said.
In the southern province of Daleh, the coalition carried out an early morning raid against a rebel held military camp, located north of the provincial capital.
The anti-Houthi resistance forces have been trying to retake the camp.
The pro-Hadi fighters said Tuesday they have regained control of the provincial capital itself, also named Daleh.
The coalition hit other rebel positions in the central city of Dhammar as well as oil-rich Marib, in the east, residents said.