Jamal Benomar, the UN envoy to Yemen, has described Saudi military action as an “Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario”.
At least 40 civilians have been killed in less than 24 hours of Saudi-led air strikes against Yemen, health ministry officials said on Friday.
Warplanes struck near the presidential compound in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa around dawn on Friday, residents reported.
Houthis leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Thursday accused the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel of launching a campaign aimed at invading and occupying Yemen.
Twenty-five citizens were reported killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a on Thursday following Saudi-led airstrikes early morning.
Saudi Arabia led-airstrikes in Yemen more than 20 martyred and 33 people wounded.
At least 18 people killed Thursday in clashes between supporters of former President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Ansarullah advancing on a town bordering Aden, where the former president has sought refuge.
Mohammad Javad Zarif the Iranian foreign minister in in an interview with Al-Alam News Network called on Saudi Arabia to stop immediately its military aggression against Yemen.
Pakistan is considering a request from Saudi Arabia for troops to send to Yemen, the foreign office said on Thursday, Reuters reports.
Iran said on Thursday the military operation by Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf Arab allies in Yemen is a "U.S.-backed aggression" and 'Dangerous Step'.