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Saudi-led forces will target Yemen's Saada, ask residents to leave

Pulse Staff
Pulse Staff 11:33 - 08 May 2015
CAIRO, May 8 (Reuters) - Saudi-led forces warned civilians that Yemen's Saada province would be a military target as of Friday evening, Saudi state television Al Ekhbariya reported.
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The leadership of the coalition asked all civilians to leave the province, a stronghold of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, by 7 pm local time, the station said.

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Saudi Arabia said Thursday it would respond forcefully to cross-border Houthi attacks that started on Tuesday, and has targeted the province with air strikes since then.

(Reporting By Omar Fahmy; Writing By Maha El Dahan; editing by John Stonestreet)

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