Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi ballistic missile facilities in Sanaa and Saada

The Saudi-led coalition announced that it had destroyed Houthi ballistic missile facilities in the capital Sanaa and in the northern province of Saada, as Al Jazeera reports in its live coverage of the war on Iran.

According to the announcement distributed via the Saudi Press Agency, coalition forces struck a ballistic missile launch platform in Sanaa, as well as a depot hidden in a mountainous area in Saada where 20 ballistic missiles were said to be stored.

The capital Sanaa has been under Houthi control since 2014, and today’s strikes mark an escalation of the coalition’s air campaign against the military infrastructure of the Iran-backed rebel group.

The attacks come amid a broad offensive by Yemen’s internationally recognized government, backed by Saudi aviation, which in recent days retook the strategic port city of Mocha and announced a naval operation against the Houthis in Hodeidah province.

The Houthis, for their part, have threatened retaliation and claimed drone and missile attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia, turning the confrontation in Yemen into one of the hottest fronts of the U.S.–Iran regional conflict.