Arab coalition warplanes, heavily, flew over Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Tuesday, leaving streaks of smoke behind them, a Yemeni news network reported on Wednesday.Masdar Online published pictures of the smoke lines which it said were posted on social media networks by Sanaa residents who witnessed the heavy sorties.
The report said the Iranian-backed Houthis and their allies, who control Sanaa, opened fire against the planes but they continued to fly over the capital most of the day.
It said the coalition planes also made sorties over the nearby governorate of Amran in Northwest Yemen, drawing anti-aircraft gunfire from the coup rebels.
It did not mention reasons for such heavy flights by the coalition jets over those two provinces, the main stronghold of the insurgents.
Military sources said the planes could be identifying possible targets in Sanaa, which the Saudi-led coalition said would be attacked and seized shortly.