Saudi-led forces target Sanaa airport in Yemen

Riyadh: Saudi-led coalition forces have carried out an air strike on an airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The coalition claimed that the airport’s facilities were being used to launch cross-border attacks.

Yemen has been engulfed in a civil war between the rebel Houthi movement and the government since 2014.

Rebel forces have controlled Sanaa for more than six years. The airport has been the centre of humanitarian operations led by the UN.

The coalition reportedly urged UN aid workers to evacuate the area before the strikes were carried out, according to Saudi state media.

It claimed that the strike was aimed at a limited number of sites which it considered legitimate military targets. The strikes hit six targets, spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki said, including areas used for launching attacks by drones, training drone personnel, housing trainers and trainees, and storing drones.