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Eighteen Houthi militants and 15 civilians were killed on Tuesday when Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck a checkpoint manned by Houthi militants in southern Yemen's Dhamar city, eyewitnesses have said.
Dozens of others were injured in the strikes on the checkpoint, located in Dhamar's Yarim district, eyewitnesses told The Anadolu Agency.
Other airstrikes targeted sites belonging to Houthi militants and troops loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern province of Ad Dali, witnesses said.
Overnight, the Saudi-led coalition targeted several Houthi positions in capital Sanaa and other parts of Yemen.
Fighter jets have targeted Sanaa International Airport, as well as a Houthi military camp in northern Sanaa, according to security sources.
However, it remains unclear whether these raids left any material damage.
Coalition warplanes have also shelled Houthi positions in western Yemen's Taizz and Al-Hudaydah provinces, according to eyewitnesses.
Since last Wednesday, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have pounded positions held by the Shiite Houthi militant group across Yemen.
Riyadh says the strikes are in response to appeals by embattled President Abd Rabbu Manshour Hadi to "save the [Yemeni] people from the Houthi militias."
Fractious Yemen has remained in turmoil since last September, when the Houthis overran Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.
Some Gulf countries accuse Shiite Iran of supporting Yemen's Houthi insurgency.
