Around 100 people were injured and hundreds of families were forced to leave their homes in the island of Socotra
Most of Yemen’s territory that was captured by the Houthi rebels has been recaptured, he said
It was not immediately clear whether there was any link between the killings of the aid worker and the soldier
Scuds have been launched at Saudi Arabia from Yemen several times during the nearly seven-month-old war
The soldier was killed when the vehicle he was travelling in overturned on Saturday
Local tribesmen are fighting alongside Gulf forces to “liberate” the home turf whose strategic value has long captivated foreign powers
Both journalists are stable and have been flown to Abu Dhabi for further medical care, officials said
It was the first known direct Islamic State assault on the Yemeni government and the Saudi-led coalition
The seizure of the Marib dam by militiamen fighting alongside Gulf troops is their biggest success in several weeks
The Saudi-led coalition conducting air strikes in Yemen has strongly denied any role in the wedding party carnage
Residents and medics said most of the victims were women and children
The men were killed by heavy gunfire from the Yemen side of the border on Friday after their patrol vehicle was hit by a mine explosion
The attack took place at al-Balili mosque, just outside the Old City of Sanaa
His return is the most concrete sign yet that the Saudi-led military coalition has secured enough territory from the Houthis
Evidence suggests they are alive and detained by the Houthi militias, an official said
The attack came a day after similar air strikes killed around 50 people
Marib has become a key battlefield between Iranian-allied Houthi militia and a coalition of Yemenis and Emirati, Saudi and Bahraini troops
Yemeni forces and their Arab allies are fighting to oust the Houthis in a six-month war that has killed over 4,500 people
The five Saudis were reportedly killed in southern Najran province
An Emirati serviceman was killed during the operation, state news agency WAM reported
A total of 1,000 Qatari soldiers, backed by 200 armoured vehicles and 30 Apache helicopters have reportedly been deployed
The incident took place in the oil-producing Marib area of central Yemen near the border with Saudi Arabia
Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri denied the strike had hit a civilian target
The war in Yemen has killed more than 4,300 people, many of them civilians
The Saudi military said it intercepted the missile and retaliated with air strikes on Yemeni territory
The militant group said in a statement via Twitter that there were no British hostages in its custody
The hostage Douglas Robert Semple, a 64-year old petroleum engineer, was working in the Hadramaut area when he was kidnapped
A health ministry spokesman, Tamim Al Shami, confirmed at least 65 dead and 50 wounded as a result of the air strikes
The coalition said it was investigating the cause of the crash, which took place in Saudi Arabia’s border province of Jizan
The advanced weapons deployed by the Gulf states have powered local fighters against Houthi rebels