Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed a rebel troop headquarters in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, killing 36 soldiers, witnesses and a health official said.
The coalition launched airstrikes on March 26 against Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore UN-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to power.
The jets on Wednesday targeted the command headquarters of special forces loyal to Saleh in southern Sanaa, as well as an arms depot in Fajj Attan, a neighborhood overlooking the capital, residents said.
An official from the rebel-held health ministry tells AFP that “36 soldiers and officers were killed and 100 others were wounded” in the raids, raising an earlier toll of 15 dead.
Other raids on Wednesday severely damaged a rebel-controlled naval base in the province of Hodeida on the Red Sea coast, residents say.
— AFP
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