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Saudi-led air raids continue to hit Houthi targets in Yemen

Xinhua, March 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Warplanes of Saudi-led Arab coalition forces raided military bases controlled by the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Sunday for the fifth night.

Military sources told Xinhua that the airstrikes targeted missile bases in al-Subaha area on Aser mountain in southwestern Sanaa, reserve forces camps on the mountains of Faj Attan, Aser, al-Sawad and Nokum, and the al-Dailamy air force base in northern Sanaa.

Sounds of warplanes could be heard across the capital while the Houthi fighters repled the fighter jets by intensified anti-aircraft artillery.

There is no immediate report on casualties.

The Houthi-controlled interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday that air raids overnight Saturday on military targets in Sanaa killed four soldiers and injured 33 others.

It also said that airstrikes pounded several Houthi posts in the northern province of Saada, the main stronghold of the Shiite group, killing one Houthi fighter and injured seven others, while in the northwestern province of Hajja that borders Saudi Arabia, the airstrikes killed nine and wounded 28.

Four nights of air raids have left 35 people killed and 88 others injured, the health ministry said in statement on Sunday.

It also said the air raids destroyed the air force base at the western port city of al-Hodayda.

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that all ballistic missiles of Houthi in Yemen are expected to be destroyed in the coming days.

The coalition led by Saudi Arabia and joined by another 10 countries continued targeting the missiles to avoid undesirable losses, the spokesperson for the Decisive Storm military operation in Yemen Brigadier Ahmed Al-Asiri told the daily press conference.

"We are working around the clock to achieve the goals in the shortest time," he said, stressing that the Saudi borders are secure and away from threats.

Meanwhile, a final communique issued at an Arab summit held in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the Arab leaders called on the Shiite Houthi group to withdraw from governmental institutions in Yemen and hand over their arms to legitimate authorities.

They stressed full support for the military procedures taken by the Saudi-led coalition to defend legitimacy in Yemen. Endit