article_snippet: Around 100 Saudi fighter jets bombed Iranian-backed Houthi fighters yesterday as fears grew of a proxy war in the Middle East between Sunni and Shia factions of Islam.
article_snippet: Throughout Thursday, warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at the Shiite Houthis and allied army units, who have taken over much of Yemen and seek to oust Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
article_snippet: Warplanes resumed bombing the Houthi-held capital Sanaa that evening, shaking whole neighbourhoods and terrifying residents.
article_snippet: the Houthi have brought another country to another country knees.
article_snippet: A the Houthi fighter walks at the site of an air strike at a residential area near Sanaa Airport .
article_snippet: In a dramatic escalation of the stakes, a Sunni coalition of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels.
article_snippet: Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels, pictured people  gather at the site of an explosion near Sana'a Airport .
article_snippet: Saudi warplanes targeted Houthi forces controlling Yemen's capital and Saudi warplanes northern heartland yesterday as Morocco joined in the fight along with a coalition of Sunni-led states.
article_snippet: airstrikes by a 10-member coalition of Gulf nations were condemned by Iran, which described the operation as an 'invasion' and a 'dangerous step' that will worsen the crisis.
article_snippet: Yesterday morning thousands of the Houthi supporters gathered to condemn a Saudi air strikes in Sanaa at the gate to Sanaa's old city, waving the Houthi banners and chanting 'Death to America!'
article_snippet: Al-Arabiya said Saudi Arabia was contributing 100 warplanes to operation 'Storm of Resolve' and more than 85 were being provided by the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Morocco and Sudan.