The Saudi-led coalition has launched airstrikes on sites of militias loyal to Houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh near Sanaa airport, local sources said on Saturday.

The Arab alliance warplanes have shelled al-Dailami air base and the Republican Guard school in Sanaa, Al-Arabiya channel quoted the sources as saying.

They further noted that heavy smoke was seen billowing out of the air base near the airport, where the fighter jets were hovering.

Source: MENA