A military operation targeted the Tashreefat military camp run by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Saudi state news agency quoted the coalition as saying. Coalition forces learnt that the Houthis were storing weapons at the Al Thawra sports ground in northern Sanaa and gave the rebels six hours to remove them from the populated area. The coalition closely monitored the transfer of weapons from the sports facility to the camp and, after the 2300 GMT deadline, attacked the camp to which weapons had been transferred, it said in a statement early on Friday. “The operation has been conducted in line with international humanitarian law and rules,” the coalition said. It said that it regularly warns civilians against approaching Houthi sites. The coalition has accused the group of storing weapons in civilian buildings. On Thursday, the coalition also announced that it had targeted a central security camp in Sanaa with “painful and precise strikes”. It said the operation was a response to a Houthi drone attack targeting the port city of Jizan in south-western Saudi Arabia. Also on Thursday, the coalition said it carried out 36 operations against the Houthis in Marib to support government troops defending the strategic city. The attacks, carried out over a span of 24 hours, destroyed 28 military vehicles and killed more than 300 Houthi fighters. — SG