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Hours after announced end, fresh Saudi strikes hit Houthi positions in Yemen: official

Published April 22nd, 2015 - 09:44 GMT
Fresh strikes came hours after the announced end of Saudi's air campaign against the Houthis Tuesday night and as the US warned Iran against sending weapons to the Houthis. (AFP/File)
Fresh strikes came hours after the announced end of Saudi's air campaign against the Houthis Tuesday night and as the US warned Iran against sending weapons to the Houthis. (AFP/File)
Saudi-led warplanes hit rebels in Yemen's third largest city Taez Wednesday as they seized a key army headquarters just hours after Riyadh announced a halt to the air campaign, an officer said.
 
The renewed strikes hit rebel forces inside the 35th Armoured Brigade headquarters which they seized from its loyalist garrison in heavy fighting, the officer told AFP.
 
They also hit a gathering of the Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies near the city's central prison, he added.

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