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Int'l Community Calls for Pause in Fighting as Battles Continue in Yemen

Int'l Community Calls for Pause in Fighting as Battles Continue in Yemen

SANAA - The Saudi-led coalition forces continued airstrikes on military targets in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Saturday, as the international community was calling for an immediate halt in the battles.

Local residents said the airstrikes began midnight Friday and lasted till Saturday dawn, which hit several military sites and air defense bases in Sanaa.

The airstrikes hit an ammunition depot in Saref area in northern Sanaa, triggering series of powerful explosions that shook the residential neighborhoods for more than two hours.

The overnight strikes also targeted three locations, including a school used by Houthi fighters in al-Jeraf residential quarter on the road to the Sanaa international airport, according to witnesses.

Houthi-controlled state-run Saba news agency reported that six people were killed in the fresh air raids.

The Arab coalition also pounded Houthi militias in the southern port city of Aden and Red Sea port of al-Hodayda, as well as Taiz,  Shabwa, Marib, al-Jouf and Saada provinces.(Xinhua)