Residents claim that the blast was directed at a satellite ground station in the neighborhood of Yemen's telecommunications ministry in the capital.
According to the official Saudi news agency SPA, the Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen's Houthi rebels claims to have destroyed a telecommunications infrastructure used to operate drones in the rebel-held city of Sanaa, according to the coalition.
Residents in northern Sanaa informed news agencies that the attack on Monday was directed at a satellite ground station in the neighborhood of the telecommunications ministry, according to the reports. It was not immediately apparent whether any people had been hurt in the incident.
It was reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that the coalition said the Houthis were exploiting the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology in Sanaa for hostile activities.
In the evening of Monday, Houthi-run television station Al Masirah broadcast footage of a coalition strike on the telecommunication ministry, which destroyed the TeleYemen telecoms business facility and damaged a nearby structure, among other targets.
The alliance claimed the operations were carried out in reaction to a drone assault on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, which took place near the border on Thursday and resulted in 12 people being hurt by falling debris after Saudi air defenses destroyed the "bomb-laden" missile.
The coalition had warned people in Sanaa that it would attack points from which the Houthis launch drones, and it had ordered them to evacuate civilian areas that were being utilized for military reasons.
Yemen's conflict began in 2014 when the Houthis took control of the capital, Sanaa, forcing the Saudi-led coalition to invade the following year to support the internationally recognized government in the country.
During the fight, the Houthis have sent drones and missiles into Saudi Arabia, striking airports and oil facilities, among other targets. They have also lately attacked Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, which is also a coalition member.
The Saudi-led coalition has responded by increasing the frequency and intensity of air attacks on Houthi-held areas of northern Yemen.
Many thousands have died directly or indirectly as a result of the seven-year war, and millions have been forced to flee their homes in what the United Nations called the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES
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