The coalition has also destroyed a missiles depot belonging to the militias of the deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh, west of the capital, Sanaa.
Saudi-led Air Forces also targeted Saleh’s hometown of Sanhan, south east of Sanaa.
Meanwhile, military sources said that the Popular Resistance forces that are allied to legitimate President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi seized control of the strategic Al-Anad Air Base in the country’s southern province of Lahej.
Meanwhile, UAE fighter jets launched a successful airstrike against a number of Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen last week.
The airstrike was dubbed Al Maliki operation in memory of Sulieman bin Ali Al Harazi Al Maliki, the first Saudi soldier killed in the Operation Decisive Storm .
The UAE fighter jets struck a surface-to-air missile (SAM) base and a radar site in Marib and returned to their bases safely, according to UAE news agency WAM.
Saudi Arabia, which supports current President Hadi, has been leading an airstrikes’ campaign since March 26 against the Iranian-backed rebels.
Violence has sharply escalated in the poor country following the beginning of the campaign against Houthis.
The United Nations backs Hadi as Yemen’s legitimate leader in the face of a Houthi coup that has plunged the Arab state deeper into chaos.
The Houthis and forces loyal to Saleh seized the capital Sanaa in February, and last month advanced on the port city of Aden, Hadi’s stronghold, forcing him into exile.
Source: Al Arabiya; WAM
