A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels has launched airstrikes targeting the country's capital, Sanaa.
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Saudi state-run television reported the early Saturday morning strikes, citing the coalition as urging civilians to stay away from the sites, without identifying them.
The air bombardment came amid heavy fighting around the strategically important oil-producing city of Marib and after coalition forces withdrew from areas around the key port city of Hodeida.
The Iranian-backed Houthis have held Yemen's capital since September 2014.
Though the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition halted their march south in 2015, the war has slogged on for years and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Australian Associated Press