Saudi-led lauch an airtrikes on Yemen as a result at least eighteen people have been confirmed dead in Yemen.
Warplanes launched attacks
on Sana'a airport and its al Dulaimi military airbase shortly after the Saudi
ambassador in Washington announced the action.
They have reportedly
committed 100 fighter jets and 150,000 troops to the operation, called Decisive
Storm.
They have also hit Houthi
bases and installations in the south of the country as well as a residential
area in Sana'a.
The military intervention
came after Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi asked the Arab League,
meeting this weekend in the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheikh, to act quickly to
stop the Houthi advance in the south of the country where he had taken refuge.
Airports across the country
have been closed and Saudi says it is in full control of the airspace over
Yemen.
Egypt and Sudan have
confirmed they took part in the airstrikes and Arab media reported Bahrain,
UAE, Kuwait and Qatar are part of a broad, Saudi-led coalition.
Turkey has also expressed
its support for the coalition.
In the aftermath of the
strikes, four Egyptian warships have entered the Suez Canal en route to the
Gulf of Aden "to secure" the waters that control southern access to
the canal.
In a statement, the UK
Foreign Office said: "We support the Saudi Arabian military intervention
in Yemen following President Hadi's request for support."
The White House said it too
backed the operation and that Barack Obama had authorised US "logistical and
intelligence support".
National Security Council
spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said: "While US forces are not taking
direct military action in Yemen in support of this effort, we are establishing
a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to co-ordinate US military and
intelligence support."
Yemen's slide toward civil
war has made the country a crucial front in mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia's rivalry
with Shia Iran, which Riyadh accuses of stirring up sectarian strife with its
support for the Houthi rebels.
A senior leader of Yemen's
Houthi movement said the Saudi air strikes amounted to an aggression against
his country and warned they would set off a "wide war" in the region.
Mohammed al Bukhaiti said:
"The Yemeni people are a free people and they will confront the
aggressors.
"I will remind you
that the Saudi government and the Gulf governments will regret this
aggression."
Iran also condemned Saudi action
an "invasion" and a "dangerous step" that would only worsen
the crisis.
Sky news Report
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