Air strike on Yemen’s capital Sana’a by Saudi-led military coalition killed Huthi rebels

An Airstrike killed dozens of Huthi rebels including at least two commanders, on Yemen’s capital Sana’a by a Saudi-led military coalition.

Two high-ranking insurgents were among more than 50 Huthi militiamen killed in Sanaa on Friday evening, without giving much information.

Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television reported that total of 38 rebels was killed in the strike on a Huthi interior ministry building.

The raid came hours ahead of a public funeral of the Huthis’ political head Saleh al-Sammad, killed last week in a Saudi-led coalition strike.

The Iran-backed rebels have been locked in a war with the Saudi-led military alliance, which since 2015 has fought to restore the internationally-recognized Yemeni government to power.

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The Huthis control Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and of the country’s north — which borders Saudi Arabia — and the key Hodeida port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast.

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed since the Saudi-led alliance joined the Yemen conflict, triggering what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.