article_snippet: Saudi Arabia has launched military operations in neighboring Yemen, where for months Houthi rebels have intensified Houthi rebels violent campaign against Saudi Arabia, the Saudi ambassador to the United States told reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
article_snippet: Adel al-Jubeir said the operation consisted of airstrikes on more than one city and in more than one region.
article_snippet: The Saudi airstrikes appear to be targeting military compounds, headquarters and weapons storage areas.
article_snippet: We can help with logistics and intelligence and things like that, but there will be no military intervention by the U.S.," a senior administration official said.
article_snippet: Al-Jubeir said the United States is not involved in the airstrikes against the Houthis, who are Shiites in a majority Sunni nation.
article_snippet: Underscoring rebels' increasing strength, Houthi-commanded Yemeni air force jets on Wednesday dropped bombs on or fired missiles at the presidential palace in Aden for the third time in a week, causing minimal damage and injuring no one, two Hadi aides said.
article_snippet: The United States "strongly condemn(s) the recent offensive military actions taken in Yemen that have targeted Hadi," Psaki told reporters Wednesday.
highlights_snippet: Saudi Arabia begins military operations in Yemen, ambassador says .
  