Fresh air strikes and ground fighting in Yemen
Saudi-led warplanes launched a fresh wave of air strikes across Yemen on Saturday targeting Iran-backed rebels as fighting raged on the ground in the south of the country, witnesses said.
The air raids pounded arms depots under the control of the Shiite Huthi rebels in the locality of Ghula, in Omran province north of Sanaa, residents said.
They followed similar bombardments of weapons storage facilities in the capital that sparked deadly explosions, and strikes on the Dhabwa military base, which is currently under rebel control.
In the western province of Hodeida, a military airport was twice bombed by coalition warplanes, according to residents.
The Arab coalition has stepped up raids on positions held by the Huthis and their allies since a humanitarian ceasefire ended late on Tuesday.
At Hajja in the north of the country, a gathering of Huthis was struck, killing at least 12 of the Shiite fighters, witnesses reported.
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