Houthis say Saudi warplanes launch 129 strikes across Yemen in 48 hours

Yemen's Houthi group said Saturday that Saudi warplanes had carried out 129 airstrikes across seven Yemeni provinces over the past 48 hours, amid a sharp escalation following the group's rapid military advance along the Red Sea coast.



Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement on social media platform X that the strikes hit the southwestern province of Taiz, the oil-rich northeastern province of Marib, the Red Sea province of Hodeidah, and the northern provinces of Al-Jawf, Saada, Amran and Hajjah.



Sarea said F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets launched the strikes after taking off from southwestern Saudi military bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif.



He warned that the strikes "will not go unanswered and unpunished."



Saudi Arabia did not immediately comment on the Houthi statement.