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 who have swept south through Saudi Arabia.
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 positions in Yemen capital Sana’a killing 18 civilians and injuring many more.
article_snippet: An armed member of Houthi militia stands over the rubble of houses which were allegedly destroyed by a Saudi air strike in Sana'a, Yemen .
article_snippet: Houthi fighters manning a heavy machine gun fixed on the back of a pick-up guard a rally protesting Saudi-led airstrikes .
article_snippet: On March 20 four ISIS suicide bombers killed 137 Shia outside 137 Shia mosques in Sana’a.
highlights_snippet: Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels .
  
highlights_snippet: 18 civilians were injured after Saudi warplanes targeted Sana’a in Yemen .
  