SANAA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Saudi airstrike hit Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's Houthi-held capital on Sunday, as intensified air operations targeted Houthi-controlled areas across the country, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The channel did not immediately report casualties or damage at the airport.
Al-Masirah also reported strikes elsewhere in Houthi-controlled northern and central Yemen. Seven airstrikes hit Harf Sufyan district in Amran province, destroying a poultry farm. Other strikes targeted telecom infrastructure in Al-Sayani district, Ibb province.
Saudi air raid also hit Bab Shu'ab neighborhood in central Sanaa, injuring six people, including a woman and a child, the channel added.
Meanwhile, a Yemeni military official told Xinhua on Sunday that Saudi warplanes had launched intensive strikes on Houthi-controlled areas in the southwestern province of Taiz, where fierce fighting between government forces and the group has intensified.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, added that several strikes hit Houthi reinforcements heading toward front-line areas, leaving dozens of Houthi fighters killed or injured.
The latest strikes came amid a sharp escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, with intensified Saudi air operations against Houthi positions accompanying fierce ground battles across several fronts in Yemen.
The fighting has increasingly spilled across Yemen's borders. A Houthi attack on a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed 12 people and injured 309 others, according to Saudi authorities.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the country's north. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government, now based in Aden. ■
