CAIRO — The Saudi-led military coalition resumed its bombing campaign over Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early Tuesday, and there were immediate reports of civilian deaths.

Medical officials in Sanaa said the dead included nine employees of a potato chip factory, according to local news reports. The international airport in Sanaa was closed by the airstrikes for 72 hours starting Monday evening, Reuters reported. Other news accounts Tuesday reported a death toll of 14.

It was the first time in five months that Sanaa had been bombed by warplanes from the coalition, which also includes Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, and other Middle Eastern countries. It came after peace talks collapsed Saturday between the Houthi militias that dominate the capital and the largely exiled government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, which is backed by the coalition and Western powers.

Numerous violations of the cease-fire agreement, including airstrikes in some areas, had been reported on both sides.

But while peace talks were underway, the capital has largely been spared the sort of heavy bombing that characterized the early stages of the Saudi-led intervention, which began in 2015.

The coalition launched airstrikes in the Nehm district, northeast of Sanaa, on Sunday, and there were reports that 18 civilians had been killed there.

The war in Yemen has gone on for 15 months, claiming more than 6,500 lives and provoking a humanitarian crisis.

New York Times