Trump tells Houthi rebels they will be ‘annihilated’ as airstrikes hit Yemen

Locals inspect a site reportedly struck by US airstrikes overnight in Sanaa (AP)

US President Donald Trump has threatened Yemen’s Houthi rebels that they will be “completely annihilated” as American airstrikes pounded locations under their control, while further pressuring the group’s main benefactor Iran.

Strikes hit Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, as well as their stronghold of Saada in the country’s northwest on Wednesday night, the Houthi’s al-Maisrah satellite news channel reported.