Arab coalition war jets shelled the military airport of the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah.

Fire erupted at the airport when the planes shelled a fuel supply facility in the airport's complex, eyewitnesses said.

The Arab coalition aircraft also pounded several air defense posts of Yemen's Houthi rebels, reported the Yemeni news agency on Wednesday.

The Saudis and a mostly Arab coalition launched the air war in March, after the Houthi rebels overthrew the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and pushed to the southern city of Aden.