Saudi-led Arab coalition warplanes pounded posts belonging to Houthi and pro-Saleh militias in the Yemeni capital in the wee hours of Monday.

The warplanes also shelled the presidential compound controlled by Houthis.

Twelve of the victims died when surrounding residential areas were hit in a raid against a military base north of the capital, the officials said.Three dawn strikes on Friday hit the presidential compound in south Sanaa which the rebels seized last month, witnesses said.

Warplanes also bombed a Houthi-controlled army brigade in Amran province, north of the capital, and arms depots in the northern rebel stronghold of Saada, residents said.Hadi, backed by the West and Gulf Arab states, arrived in Riyadh on Thursday with officials saying he was on his way to Egypt to take part in a two-day Arab League summit at the weekend.

It was the first confirmation of his whereabouts since the rebels began advancing this week on the main southern city of Aden, where the president had taken refuge since fleeing Sanaa last month.

Saudi Arabia says more than 10 countries, including four other Gulf monarchies, have joined the anti-Houthi coalition.As explosions rocked Sanaa, those families who have not already fled huddled in fear in their homes.

Source: MENA