Fresh air strikes, ground fighting in Yemen
Sanaa
Saudi-led warplanes launched a fresh wave of air strikes across Yemen yesterday targeting Iran-backed rebels as fighting raged on the ground in the south of the country, witnesses said.
The air raids pounded arms depots under the control of the Shiite Huthi rebels in the locality of Ghula, in Omran province north of Sanaa, residents said.
They followed similar bombardments of weapons storage facilities in the capital that sparked deadly explosions.
At Hajja in the north of the country, a gathering of Huthis was struck, killing at least 12 of the Shiite fighters, witnesses reported.
Air strikes also attacked rebel positions in the central region of Dhamar, officials there said
In southern Yemen, warplanes targeted rebels locked in combat with tribesmen in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province, military officials said.
The fighting killed at least 28 people, including 17 Huthis and 11 tribesmen, the sources said.
In Aden, clashes raged in the north, east and west of the port city between rebels and fighters loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, military sources said.
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