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| Arab war planes bomb Houthi positions throughout Yemen |
| 2015-06-01 |
| Sanaa -- Aircraft from a Saudi-led coalition bombed Yemen’s Houthi rebels throughout the country on Sunday, residents said, a day after border clashes killed a Saudi serviceman. The raids hit an air base near Sanaa airport and a military installation aligned with the Houthis overlooking the presidential palace compound in the capital Sanaa. The Houthis’ TV channel Al Masira said the coalition had launched 25 air strikes on the main Houthi provinces of Saada and Hajja along the Kingdom’s border, without giving details, and said Saudi ground forces were also shelling the areas. Residents in Saada confirmed that Houthi positions were heavily bombed by war planes, but there was no immediate confirmation by Saudi authorities. In the central city of Taez, also a main battleground between armed Hadi loyalists and Houthi militiamen, residents reported Arab air strikes on Houthi forces gathered in a historic mountaintop fortress and a nearby special forces base. Heavy artillery clashes along Yemen’s border with the Kingdom have increased as the war enters its ninth week. Houthi TV reported that the rebels fired 20 rockets at Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border city of Najran on Saturday. A Saudi Ministry of Interior spokesman said a border guard was killed and seven others were wounded on Saturday in the Najran region due to rocket attacks from inside Yemen. |
| Posted by:Steve White |