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

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A Saudi-led coalition launched a broad air campaign involving 100 aircraft on Monday against Houthi rebels in Yemen, targeting coastal areas and Sana'a, with coalition spokesperson Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki claiming hundreds of Houthi targets were destroyed and fighters besieged. The offensive, supported by UAE-backed Giants Brigades ground forces, aims to push back recent Houthi advances towards the Bab al-Mandab strait, though Houthi sources denied reports of a retreat.

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Operation supported by 100 fighter jets said to have secured ‘air protection’ of Bab al-Mandab strait and destroyed hundreds of targetsLeaders 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 prov

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

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