Riyadh (IINA) – Arab coalition spokesman Brigadier-General Ahmed Al-Asiri denied targeting the Omani ambassador's house by coalition warplanes, in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, stressing that the coalition has never targeted any ambassador's resdidence during the airstrikes, and suggesting the involvement of the Houthi militias.

Al-Asiri said that Saturday's airstrikes bombed the Yemeni Interior Ministry building, but not the Omani ambassador's house, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.

He added that the Interior Ministry had been turned into a military operations center for the Houthis, who control the capital and large swathes of the country.

He also said that the coalition would welcome any investigation in this regard, commenting that "One would be able from the beginning to distinguish between a mortar strike and a plane strike" in reference to .

This came in response to the Omani foreign ministry, which expressed its regret over what it said targeting the residence of its ambassador to Yemen, and called on the United Nations for action to end the war in Yemen.

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