(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) War planes of the Arab coalition today waged intensive air raids on positions and camps of Houthi militants and forces loyal to deposed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sana'a.
Yemeni military sources said coalition war planes launched about 10 raids on positions and camps under the control of Houthi militants and forces of deposed president Saleh in Jabal Al-Nahdayn which overlooks the presidential palace and also ammunition depots of Houthi militants in southern Sana'a.
The sources added that strong explosions were heard in the capital and dense columns of smoke were seen rising from Houthi positions.
Coalition forces also waged raids on Houthi positions in Taiz governorate in southern Yemen.
Local sources in the governorate said the raids targeted Houthi militants and Saleh positions in the circumference of the presidential palace and Al Askari area in eastern Taiz and other positions in the coastal city of Mocha, adding that a number of Houthi militants were killed and injured and their military equipment destroyed in the raids.
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