Capital, oil depot bombed by Saudis

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels here said it unleashed a new air campaign on the war-torn country’s capital of Sanaa and elsewhere in retaliation for drone attacks on Saudi Arabia that were claimed by the rebels.

“The targeting of civilians and civilian facilities is a red line,” said Col. Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition.

Houthi-run media claimed several civilian casualties, but their reports couldn’t be independently verified. Bombs struck an oil storage depot in Sanaa, setting off a series of thunderous blasts, a local official said.