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Warplanes of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted a base of Yemen's Republican Guards forces controlled by Houthis in the Red Sea coast city of Hodeida on Tuesday.
A number of airstrikes targeted a base of the elite Republican Guards forces, a military official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
There are no immediate reports about the exact number of casualties.
The warplanes kept hovering over the city's airspace providing aerial support for the Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists advancing against Houthis in Hodeida, according to the official.
Residents near the scene confirmed by phone saying that the base was hit several times in the previous hours and ambulances rushed to the targeted site.
Families were not able to flee their homes as both warring sides blocked main roads amid intense battles near residential areas, according to local citizens.
On Monday, regime forces backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) managed to cut supply lines linking Hodeida with the capital Sana’a.
Offensives and counter-offensive attacks between the Yemeni warring rivals got momentum across the war-torn Arab country just days after announcing the failure of the Geneva negotiations sponsored by United Nations, leaving scores of people killed and injured.
The UN-sponsored talks between the Yemeni warring rivals failed Saturday after two days of delay because of the absence of a delegation representing the Houthis, raising fears among Yemenis about the future of their country.
Saudi Arabia leads an Arab military coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 to support the resigned regime of former President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The United Nations has listed Yemen as the world's number one humanitarian crisis, with seven million Yemenis on the brink of famine and cholera causing more than 2,000 deaths
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
