Escalating strikes in Yemen conflict: Reports of delegations meeting in Oman for talks

A strong and defiant statement by the Mansar al-Lahouti group made not just through a TV statement but through a series of military attacks that targeted the southern Saudi cities of Yanbur and Jizan. The Yemeni group says they launched dozens of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and Yemeni-made drones targeting oil facilities in both Yanbur and in Jizan. Now local authorities in Saudi Arabia say these attacks that came from Yemen were all successfully intercepted by the Saudi air defense system. The Yemeni group however says their military operation was a success and that all intended targets were successfully hit. The latest flare in developments comes just one day after Saudi Arabia launched a military operation that targeted what it says are Houthi positions in the province of Qaeda and also in the island of Cameroon. The island of Cameroon is considered to be Yemen's biggest island. It is actually very close to Bab al-Mandab where the ships are being targeted and where the ships are being turned away from by the Mansar al-Lahouti group. Now both the UN envoy to Yemen and Omani officials have called on both parties to resume negotiations. UN officials, Saudi officials, and even some Mansar al-Lahouti officials are said to be in Oman for what could be a potential round two of negotiations but until then I think many people are expecting that there will be more strikes and more attacks from both sides, from both the Saudi government and the Mansar al-Lahouti group since the demand of lifting the siege on Sana'a international airport and the siege on the port of Hodeida have not yet been achieved. The Yemeni group says if Saudi Arabia does not lift the siege on Yemen they will continue to launch missiles and they will continue to impose a naval blockade and Aramco oil facilities according to the Yemeni group will be one of their main targets. Yusuf Mawry, Al Jazeera, Sana'a.