Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes destroyed a missile depot of the Houthi militia in Yemen's central province of Bayda on Wednesday morning, a local government security source told.

Xinhua news agency quoted a local government security source as saying that aerial attacks by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes devastated a missile depot of the Houthi militia in Yemen's central province of Bayda earlier on Wednesday.

The source in Bayda, who demanded to be mentioned anonymously, said that "At least five Houthis were killed in the airstrikes" that struck the depot in a mountain in al-Atf area of al-Qurashiyah district.

Without providing further information, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV confirmed the coalition airstrikes in Bayda.

Yemen has been overly involved in a civil war since late 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several Northern provinces and enforced the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.