SAUDI Arabian warplanes continued to pummel Yemen today, carrying out at least 50 air strikes in just 24 hours, according to local reports.

Bombing started on Tuesday and lasted until early Wednesday morning, targeting residential areas in the capital Sanaa and the south-western Taizz province, television network al-Masirah reported.

Missiles were launched in the western provinces of Marib, Shabwah and al-Jawf on at least 37 occasions, it added.