# Saudi-led coalition says Yemen air campaign against Houthis is under way

https://mins.news/en/item/86668

- The Guardian, 2026-10-05 15:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/yemen-air-campaign-houthis-saudi-led-coalition

> A Saudi-led coalition says an air campaign involving 100 fighter jets has begun against Houthi forces along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, in Sana’a and in the northern stronghold of Saada. The coalition claims to have secured air protection over the Bab al-Mandab strait and destroyed hundreds of targets, while Houthi sources deny a retreat.

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