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Saudi-led coalition launches air strikes on Yemeni capital

By REUTERS

JANUARY 20, 2019 10:03

ADEN/SANAA - A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among warring parties as the United Nations struggles to implement a peace deal.

Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said coalition warplanes attacked seven military targets, including al-Dulaimi Air Base, a drones storage site and military training camps.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said on Sunday that the Western-backed coalition had conducted 24 air strikes on Sanaa since Saturday evening, including four on the air base.

It said non-military targets were also hit, including a plastics factory where al-Masirah said a large fire broke out.

Medical workers and residents told Reuters at least two civilians were killed, and others injured, in the raids which damaged homes.

"The raids were very violent, the likes of which we have not seen for a year," Sanaa resident Arwa Abdul Karim told Reuters. "The house shook so much we thought it would fall on our heads."

The escalation in fighting, which follows a deadly Houthi drone attack last week on a Yemeni government military parade, raises doubts about the chances of a second round of U.N.-sponsored talks this month aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.

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