<p>The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes in Yemen early on Sunday after the country's Huthi rebels called a three-day truce and offered a permanent ceasefire, Saudi media said.</p>.<p>The raids targeted Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, according to Saudi Arabia's <em>Al Ekhbariya TV</em>, which tweeted "the start of airstrikes on Huthi camps and strongholds in Sanaa" around midnight.</p>.<p>The attacks began shortly after the Iran-backed Huthis announced a three-day truce and offered peace talks on the condition that the Saudis stop their airstrikes and blockade of Yemen and remove "foreign forces".</p>.<p>Rebel reports of casualties could not be independently confirmed.</p>.<p>The Huthi truce followed a wave of drone and missile attacks on Saudi targets on Friday, including an oil depot near Jeddah's Formula One track that turned into a raging inferno during televised practice sessions.</p>.<p>It was announced on the seventh anniversary of the intervention led by oil-rich Saudi Arabia in Yemen, its impoverished neighbour after the Huthis seized Sanaa in 2014.</p>.<p>The conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people directly or indirectly and displaced millions, creating what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.</p>.<p>The Huthis have turned down an invitation to peace talks in Riyadh, scheduled for the coming days, to be hosted by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes in Yemen early on Sunday after the country's Huthi rebels called a three-day truce and offered a permanent ceasefire, Saudi media said.</p>.<p>The raids targeted Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, according to Saudi Arabia's <em>Al Ekhbariya TV</em>, which tweeted "the start of airstrikes on Huthi camps and strongholds in Sanaa" around midnight.</p>.<p>The attacks began shortly after the Iran-backed Huthis announced a three-day truce and offered peace talks on the condition that the Saudis stop their airstrikes and blockade of Yemen and remove "foreign forces".</p>.<p>Rebel reports of casualties could not be independently confirmed.</p>.<p>The Huthi truce followed a wave of drone and missile attacks on Saudi targets on Friday, including an oil depot near Jeddah's Formula One track that turned into a raging inferno during televised practice sessions.</p>.<p>It was announced on the seventh anniversary of the intervention led by oil-rich Saudi Arabia in Yemen, its impoverished neighbour after the Huthis seized Sanaa in 2014.</p>.<p>The conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people directly or indirectly and displaced millions, creating what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.</p>.<p>The Huthis have turned down an invitation to peace talks in Riyadh, scheduled for the coming days, to be hosted by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>