Yemen president orders forces to retake Sanaa as Saudi planes continue air strikes

Yemen's PM Ahmad Obaid bin Daghr said the government will "grant amnesty"to all those all nationals who cut ties with rebels even as the president ordered forces to retake the capital city Sanaa.

"The president will soon announce a general amnesty for all those who collaborated with the Huthis in recent months and who have retracted that allegiance," Prime Minister Ahmad Obaid bin Daghr said even as air raidshit Sanaa.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes continued to hit Houthi militia positions for the second day on Monday even as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the warring factions to stop all ground and air assaults.

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Sanaa International Airport and the interior ministry is being held by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, AFP reported.

Meanwhile, the rebels blew up house the house of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa.

Residents near the airport said multiple air raids had shaken their homes late Sunday night and in the early hours of Monday, AFP report said.

Yemen is currently split between the forces Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the south which is backed by Saudi Arabia and recognised by the international community and the northern Huthi rebels backed by Iranand forces loyal to Saleh.

At least 8,750 people have been killed since the Saudi-led coalition joined the war to support the Hadi government with Yemen on the brink of starvation.

The UN recently said Yemen is facing "world's worst humanitarian crisis".