New Delhi: India said Sunday it was preparing to airlift stranded citizens from war-torn Yemen despite the bombing of the country’s main international airport.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said air evacuations would take place from Yemen, which has been plunged into chaos by a Houthi Shiite rebellion that has triggered Saudi-backed airstrikes on the capital Sanaa.

Some 4,100 Indians are currently in Yemen, including 3,100 in Sanaa, 500 in Aden and the rest around the country, the minister said.