The United States and Britain have carried out air strikes on several sites in Yemen in what they said was a bid to degrade Huthi rebels' ability to conduct attacks on maritime shipping.
AFP journalists heard loud explosions in the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida overnight.
The Huthi-controlled television channel Al-Masirah said strikes had also targeted telecoms infrastructure in the town of Taez.
It reported that "several" people were killed or injured in the strike
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The US and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday as part of efforts to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea, with Houthi media reporting at least 13 people had been killed.
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