Airstrikes target Houthis

RIYADH: Ten Saudi soldiers were killed in a Houthi strike at an arms depot at a military base in the eastern province of Maarib in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
The incident took place when Houthis fired a missile that hit a weapons store at a military camp. It also killed 45 soldiers from the UAE and 5 from Bahrain.
Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, coalition spokesman, confirmed that Saudi soldiers were among those martyred in the attack. He told Al Arabiya TV that four Yemeni soldiers were also killed in the attack on the coalition base in Maarib.
In response to the Houthi attack, the Saudi-led coalition launched a series of airstrikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis across Yemen.
The airstrikes targeted the arms depot from which the Houthis launched the missile that killed the soldiers on Friday.
The coalition also targeted one of the biggest arms depots in Maarib as well as Houthi positions in several parts of Sanaa, according to the channel.