British News Agency

According to Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah television, the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on Saturday against Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and the Red Sea coastal city of Mocha.

Successive strikes on Sanaa reportedly caused powerful explosions, while warplanes continued flying over the capital. A strike that hit a house in the Asr area west of Sanaa killed 3 people and injured many others. A cement factory in Hamdan district, northwest of the capital, was also reportedly targeted, resulting in further fatalities.

Al-Masirah reported that approximately 20 airstrikes targeted Mocha, located in southwestern Taiz Governorate near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The strait is one of the world's major maritime trade routes.

The Saudi-led coalition has not yet issued a statement regarding the airstrikes.

Coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki announced on Saturday in a statement posted on social media platform X that a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward the Saudi capital, Riyadh, had been intercepted and destroyed.

The airstrikes took place as forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government intensified their "Dawn of Yemen" operation against the Houthis with support from the Saudi-led coalition. The Houthis reportedly responded with missile and drone attacks targeting areas deep inside Saudi Arabia.

Fighting in Yemen has continued since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and large parts of the country's north in late 2014. The Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to support Yemen's internationally recognized government.