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<article data-history-node-id="448774" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/yemeni-forces-say-strikes-conducted-houthi-targets-sanaa-saada" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/yemeni-forces-say-strikes-conducted-houthi-targets-sanaa-saada" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Yemeni forces say strikes conducted against Houthi targets in Sanaa, Saada </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Yemen's armed forces said early on Sunday it was conducting strikes against the Houthis in the capital Sanaa and the group's stronghold Saada.</p> <p>A spokesperson for Yemen's armed forces, which are aligned with the internationally recognised government, said forces were targeting what he described as "vital targets", without providing further details.</p> <p>Yemen's Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported earlier an attack it said was carried out by Saudi Arabia on Sanaa. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation on the report.</p> <p>The conflict between the Iran-backed Houthis and forces aligned with the Saudi-backed government mostly stopped after a 2022 truce, but fighting has broken out again in a spillover from the wider war between Iran and the United States.</p> <p>Hostilities resumed this year after the Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in July and began attacking Saudi territory and shipping, while Houthi forces also made major territorial gains along Yemen's Red Sea coast.</p> <p>Saudi Arabia has responded with air strikes in Yemen and backed government forces fighting to repel the Houthis.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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