Yemen air campaign against Houthis under way, says Saudi-led coalition

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A Saudi-led coalition says it has launched a large air campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen, with roughly 100 fighter jets supporting the internationally recognized government. Coalition officials claim the operation has struck hundreds of targets and established air protection around the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Operation supported by 100 fighter jets said to have secured ‘air protection’ of Bab al-Mandab strait and destroyed hundreds of targets Leaders of a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen claimed a broad air campaign involving 100 jet aircraft was under way on Monday against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea coastline and farther north in the capital, Sana’a. The Saudi coalition spokesperson, Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki, said the 100 fighter jets participating in Operation Dawn of Yemen were providing support to forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government. Continue reading...