The Arab coalition has denied launching air strikes on the Yemeni capital, pointing out that Tuesday's air raids of the alliance warplanes were in support of the Yemeni forces north of Sanaa.
Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri, the military spokesman of the coalition, told Al Jazeera from Riyadh on Wednesday that it was important to "correct information" reported on Tuesday that claimed the alliance hit a factory in Sanaa city, killing 14 people.
"We are not striking Sanaa, we are providing air support for the loyal army to the government in Nehm [district of Sanaa province] and we strike the positions of the forces belonging to the [former President] Ali Abdullah Saleh and to the militia's outer ring of the capital Sanaa," Asiri said.
"It is important to know that we are not attacking Sanaa as the capital."
He was referring to media reports that quoted medics as saying that civilians were killed in a strike on a crisps factory in the Nahda district of the capital.
Residents said the factory was inside an army maintenance camp that had been hit by repeated air strikes since fighting began in March last year.
Asiri said that more air strikes targeted Houthi rebels on Wednesday and the alliance said in a statement it had intercepted two missiles fired from rebel-held territory aimed at two southern Saudi towns, Abha and Khamis Mushait.
The statement said Wednesday's raids included Houthi positions in Amran province, north of the capital Sanaa......http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/arab-coalition-rejects-claims-raid-yemeni-capital-160810142635777.html
10/8/16
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Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri, the military spokesman of the coalition, told Al Jazeera from Riyadh on Wednesday that it was important to "correct information" reported on Tuesday that claimed the alliance hit a factory in Sanaa city, killing 14 people.
"We are not striking Sanaa, we are providing air support for the loyal army to the government in Nehm [district of Sanaa province] and we strike the positions of the forces belonging to the [former President] Ali Abdullah Saleh and to the militia's outer ring of the capital Sanaa," Asiri said.
"It is important to know that we are not attacking Sanaa as the capital."
He was referring to media reports that quoted medics as saying that civilians were killed in a strike on a crisps factory in the Nahda district of the capital.
Residents said the factory was inside an army maintenance camp that had been hit by repeated air strikes since fighting began in March last year.
Asiri said that more air strikes targeted Houthi rebels on Wednesday and the alliance said in a statement it had intercepted two missiles fired from rebel-held territory aimed at two southern Saudi towns, Abha and Khamis Mushait.
The statement said Wednesday's raids included Houthi positions in Amran province, north of the capital Sanaa......http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/arab-coalition-rejects-claims-raid-yemeni-capital-160810142635777.html
10/8/16
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