SANA’A, March 28—Saturday evening the fourth round of Saudi-led air raids began in Sana’a, at 8 p.m. striking the 48th Command Headquarters, housing the military’s elite Reserve Forces, in the south of the capital.

Hussam Mujahed, a soldier inside the camp, said the bombing killed several soldiers and injured many others, leaving the 48th Command in a blaze.

Formerly known as the Republican Guard, the Reserve Forcesare widely viewed as being loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The 48th Command has suffered heavy bombardment since air strikes began on Wednesday evening, with four soldiers killed and 14 injured on Friday night, while military installations throughout the capital are being targeted.

The Saudi-led Operation Decisive Storm is continuing its airstrikes around the country for a fourth consecutive night. Areas have been targeted in the governorates of Sana’a, Sa’ada, Dhamar, Marib, Hodeida, Al-Dhale, Lahj and Taiz.

A senior source in the Ministry of Health said the government does not have reliable information regarding the number of casualties caused by the coalition airstrikes because they are taking place all around the country.

The ministry reported 25 civilians killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a following the first night of attacks. By Saturday the number of civilian deaths had reportedly risen to at least 39.

News out of the Houthi stronghold of Sa’ada governorate has been limited, but a Houthi source there reported airstrikes on the Waillah and Bagim districts in the north and in Razih district in south throughout Friday night and early Saturday morning. The source reported 40 civilian deaths since Wednesday night, 15 of whom died early Friday in an attack on a busy market in Kitaf district, east of the capital Sa’ada.

While foreign governments bombard Houthi and pro-Saleh positions, the Saleh-backed Houthis continue their expansion in the south, engaging in fighting in many southern governorates with popular committees loyal to Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi.

On Saturday morning a massive explosion occurred in Aden governorate. An armory in Bader Camp, located in Hadeed Mountain, exploded killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to Aden-based journalist Abdurahman Anis. The armory is the largest in all southern governorates, he added.

While it remains unconfirmed what caused the explosion, a source in the Houthi group told the Yemen Times the explosion occurred when a southern popular committee member fired an RPG at the armory’s entrance in an attempt to loot the building.

Al-Khader Laswar, director of the Ministry of Health’s office in Aden, announced on Saturday morning that since Thursday 60 people have been killed and over 500 injured, as street battles rage on in the governorate.

The Houthi group controls large swathes of Shabwa, Abyan, and Lahj governorates in southern Yemen, where battles continue between the Houthis, backed by pro-Saleh army factions, and local tribes, many of which are allegedly receiving backing from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Also on Saturday, the state-run Saudi TV channel announced the evacuation by Saudi Arabia of 168 foreign diplomats from Aden, in an operation dubbed “Aden Storm.” The diplomats were evacuated by sea to Saudi Arabia.

On Thursday evening armed Houthis stormed and closed down the Sana’a offices of four media outlets, including Al-Jazeera, Yemen Shabab, and Suhail channels, as well as Al-Masdar’s newspaper and website. Their offices remain closed while operations continue from abroad.

Al-Saeeda channel was also stormed, but has been allowed to remain open on condition it does not publish anything deemed anti-Houthi propaganda.

The move appears to have come as retaliation for three channels affiliated with the Houthis being shut down hours earlier.

The administration of the Egypt-based Nilesat and Saudi-based Arabsat, two satellite communication companies, stopped broadcasts of the Yemeni state-run channels currently under Houthi control. The channels include Al-Yemen, Al-Eman, Saba and Aden TV. Hadi initially requested the broadcasts be shut down in January, and put through a new request on Thursday.

Houthi Political Office member Mohammad Al-Bukhaiti said the channels were closed for being anti-Houthi and supporting the Saudi-led coalition in its bombing campaign.

“We have warned all media outlets since Monday that they should remain impartial and not instigate againstthe army and the popular committees, and anyone that is going to do this will have strong measures taken against them,” he said, adding that “these channels did not comply.”

On Monday the Houthis announced via Saba News Agency, the official government news outlet that came under the group’s control on Sept. 20, that they would take “strong measures” against any media outlet in Yemen that attempts to incite sedition against the army and Houthi popular committees.

Thursday’s clampdown on media institutions in Yemen came the same day Hadi arrived in Saudi Arabia via Oman. He appeared on Saudi media channels next to Saudi Minister of Defense Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz. On Saturday Hadi took part in the Arab League summit taking place in Egypt, where he reportedly called for the Houthis to “surrender” and air strikes to continue. He then flew back with King Salman to Saudi Arabia.