Saudi-led airstrikes hit Yemen's capital hours before planned cease-fire

Airstrikes hit Yemen
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Just hours before a five-day humanitarian cease-fire was set to begin on Tuesday, Saudi-led airstrikes hit Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.

Three airstrikes apparently hit a Houthi rebel base on Tuesday. On Monday, meanwhile, Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa killed 90 people and wounded 300, according to reports. Since March, an alliance of Gulf nations has bombed Iranian-backed Houthi units. The conflict has displaced more than 300,000 civilians.

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A U.N. envoy to Yemen also arrived in Sanaa on Tuesday ahead of the cease-fire. The envoy, Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, told Yemen's SABA news agency that "there is no solution to Yemen's problem except through a dialogue," Reuters reports.

The cease-fire is scheduled to take effect at 11:00 p.m. local time (4:00 p.m. EDT).

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Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.