Saudi Coalition Hits Houthi Stronghold as Aden Battle Rages

An alliance of Sunni-led nations bombed Yemeni rebels in their northern stronghold, while in the south the insurgents fought into the center of the port city of Aden.

Houthis fighters entered Aden’s Khour Maksar district, where there are foreign consulates and government institutions, after fierce clashes, Nabil al-Salemi, a local resident, said by telephone. The fighting there on Wednesday killed eight rebels, five fighters loyal to Hadi and six civilians, al-Khader al-Aswar, director of the health ministry office in Aden, the Yemen government’s last stronghold, said by phone.