Planes from Saudi-led military coalition bomb areas around capital Sanaa, sources say after Saudi's Abha airport attacked by Yemen's Houthi group
In this August 9, 2016 photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led air strikes hit a food factory in Sanaa, Yemen.
Masirah said there had been raids on three sites, including military targets belonging to Houthi forces, on the outskirts of Sanaa.There was no immediate confirmation from the coalition about the strikes.Riyadh accused Tehran on Thursday of ordering a Yemeni rebel missile strike at a Saudi airport and warned of "grave consequences".
"Their targeting of a civilian airport exposes to the world the recklessness of Iran's escalation and the danger it poses to regional security and stability."Riyadh has accused the rebels of being Iranian proxies ever since it led its allies in launching a military intervention against them in March 2015.
The rebels say that missile and drone strikes against Saudi Arabia are one of few ways that they can retaliate against more than for years of bombing by the Saudi-led coalition which has exacted a heavy civilian death toll in Yemen.
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