Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthi movement in Yemen currently in control of large parts of the country on Friday launched airstrikes on a weapons factory outside the Houthis’ northern stronghold of Saada.

Local sources said the strikes, which took place at dawn, succeeded in destroying the factory, which had been used by the Houthis to manufacture missiles and ammunition.

This was followed by four other coalition airstrikes early on Saturday targeting the largest weapons depot in the capital Sana’a, which the Houthis currently control, as well five others targeting the National Air Defense facility, also controlled by the group.

Another airstrike targeted the home of ousted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the city. Saleh has been accused by Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Saudi Arabia, and the UN of aiding the Houthi coup alongside Iran

The Houthis have been in control of the capital since last September, when their militias overran the city taking over government and military buildings and facilities.

In February the Houthis launched a coup in Yemen, holding internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and members of his cabinet, including Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, under house arrest.

Hadi and Bahah eventually fled to Aden and then to the Saudi capital Riyadh where Hadi requested Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies intervene in the country to restore political legitimacy. The Saudi-led aerial campaign targeting the Houthis began in late March.

On Sunday, UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed headed to Sana’a to push for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to end on July 17.

He will meet with Houthi representatives as well as those of the General People’s Congress (GPC) party led by Saleh.

Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdul Salam said on his Facebook page on Friday he had met with Ould Cheikh Ahmed earlier that day—though he did not specify where the meeting took place.

Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, informed Yemeni political sources said the Houthis are seeking to use the meetings with the UN envoy to also call for a “national partnership” government between them and other political factions in the country.

The Houthis proposed the idea on June 28, particularly calling on the Southern secessionist group Al-Hirak to join forces with them to form a government.

“[The Houthis] will offer a ready-made proposal to the UN envoy for them to form a partnership government, which will include some factions within the Southern Al-Hirak movement who have allied with them,” the source said.

The source said the Houthis will also assure Ould Cheikh Ahmed that the proposed government will include a wide range of different political groups from across the country.