ADEN: A bombardment in Aden by the Houthi militia and forces loyal to deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed 43 people and injured 173 on Sunday, the Health Ministry said two days after the city was declared liberated.
More than 100 were wounded when the Dar Saad neighborhood in the north of the port city was targeted, local health chief Al-Khader Laswar said.
Clashes continued in the city’s northern districts as local fighters backed by the Riyadh-based government and a Saudi-led Arab coalition pushed to seize remaining parts of Aden. Those fighters and Yemeni army forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi seized Aden’s airport and other central areas in an assault dubbed “Operation Golden Arrow.” Their advance was aided by Gulf efforts to train and equip Yemeni army forces loyal to Hadi and transport them to Aden.
The interior and transportation ministers took part in a meeting aimed at securing the city. The meeting looked into reopening the airport and the port to allow the flow of much-needed aid, as well as the restoration of electricity and water services.
“There is no life! No hospitals, no electricity, no water. If it was not for the two wells of the neighborhood, people would have died of thirst,” said Crater resident Moatez Al-Mayssuri.
Elsewhere, firefighters managed to extinguish a huge blaze at a gas depot southwest of Taiz after Iran-backed rebels shelled it. On Sunday, fighters from the pro-Hadi Popular Resistance advanced toward the rebel-held district of Al-Tawahi, a military source said. The Popular Resistance captured Al-Anad Triangle located in Lahj province.
Houthi savagery kills 43 civilians
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