Planes from the Arab military coalition fighting in Yemen bombed areas around the capital Sanaa Thursday, residents and the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said.
On Wednesday, the coalition vowed to respond firmly to a Houthi missile attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia that wounded 26 people.
Masirah said there had been raids on three sites, including military targets belonging to Houthi forces, on the outskirts of Sanaa.
Residents told Reuters the strikes had targeted military camps west and north of the city.
There was no immediate confirmation from the coalition about the strikes.
Riyadh early Thursday accused its arch-foe Tehran of ordering the rebel missile strike and warned of "grave consequences."
"The continuation of the Iranian regime's aggression and reckless escalation, whether directly or through its militias, will result in grave consequences," Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman tweeted.
Yemen's Houthi rebels hit the civilian airport in the popular mountain resort of Abha in the southwest of the kingdom Wednesday, damaging the arrivals hall and forcing its closure for several hours.
"We will confront the Houthi militia's crimes with unwavering resolve," said Prince Khaled, a son of King Salman.
"Their targeting of a civilian airport exposes to the world the recklessness of Iran's escalation and the danger it poses to regional security and stability."
Tehran has always denied providing more than moral support to the rebels. Riyadh has accused the rebels of being Iranian proxies ever since it led its allies in launching a military intervention against them in March 2015.
"The Iranian regime is the only party in the region that has been pursuing reckless escalation, through the use of ballistic missiles and UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] to directly target civilian installations and innocent civilians," Prince Khaled said.
"For 40 years, the Iranian regime has been spreading chaos, death and destruction, by sponsoring and financing terrorist organizations including the Houthis."
Agence France Presse
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