Saudi coalition in Yemen launches air strikes in Sanaa, coalition-backed forces and residents say

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched air strikes early on Saturday on two sites in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthi movement, residents and a spokesman for the coalition-backed Yemeni forces told Reuters.

The coalition launched nine air strikes on a military engineering camp and the headquarters of the national security apparatus, they said.

The spokesman for the coalition-backed Yemeni forces in Hodeidah, Waddah Al-Debeish, said the coalition had targeted a meeting of high-level Houthi leaders at the camp.

There was no immediate official confirmation from the Saudi-led coalition.