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Aerial warfare branch of Yemen's armed forces
The Yemeni Air Force is the air force branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces. It inherited its aircraft from the former states of North and South Yemen who were supported by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, respectively. However, numbers of its aircraft can not be confirmed but serviceability of these aircraft is low, as a result of most of the air force being destroyed by airstrikes during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War.
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Shia Islamist organization in Yemen
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah or Ansarullah, are a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and paramilitary organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, whose namesake leadership is drawn largely from the al-Houthi family. The Houthis are backed by Iran, and they are widely considered part of the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance.
More on Wikipedia ↗The Yemeni armed forces said Friday that the country’s air force carried out 20 precise airstrikes over the past three hours against Houthi targets in Taiz governorate.
Yemeni Air Force carried out raids on Houthi targets in Taiz and Sanaa