The Saudi-led military coalition fighting rebels in Yemen announced airstrikes on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday evening, January 17, after a deadly attack in the United Arab Emirates, a member of this military alliance.

“In response to the threat and a military necessity, airstrikes are starting in Sanaa,” she announced in a tweet from SPA, the official news agency of Saudi Arabia, which leads this coalition.

With AFP

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