RIYADH — The Arab Coalition said it launched air raids on Sunday targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in Yemen's capital of the Iran-backed Houthis.

Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman for the coalition fighting alongside Yemen's internationally-recognized government, said the strikes were in retaliation for ballistic missiles attacks on "civilian targets" in Saudi Arabia.

The coalition "carried out a unique military operation to destroy legitimate military targets for the capabilities of assembling and firing of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones in the capital Sanaa", he said, quoted the Saudi Press Agency.

He said Sanaa had become "a Houthi militia assembly, installation and launching hub for ballistic missiles that target the Kingdom".

The attacks destroyed storage, assembly and firing sites in the districts of Faj Atan, Al-Amad Camp and Al-Nahdain mountain, he said.

The Coalition forces on Friday said that it intercepted ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis in a "systematic, deliberate manner to target cities and civilians", in what it branded a breach of international law. — AFP