Overnight airstrikes led by Saudi Arabia have hit targets in the capital of Yemen, as a campaign against Iranian allied militia goes into its fifth day.<br /><br /> Riyadh is leading a coalition of Sunni Muslim countries attempting to stop the advance of Shi’ite Houthi militia opposed to the rule of Yemen’s President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.<br /><br /> Saudi Arabia says the air strikes will continue until Hadi, who fled the country on Thursday, is able to rule.<br /><br /> Iran denies it is helping the Houthis and has condemned the offensive led by Riyadh.<br /><br /> But Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the UN, defended the action.<br /><br /> “We had no choice,” he said. “We tried every possible way to avoid it. The Yemenis tried every possible way to avoid it. <br /><br /> “Agreements were made and every single agreement that was made with the Houthis, 67 of them to be precise, the Houthis reneged on them,” he added. <br /><br /> “So they continued to take over the country and when they were virtually about to take over the city of Aden wi
