Airstrikes On Yemen Continue: 24 Dead
By Countercurrents.org
28 March, 2015
Countercurrents.org
Saudi Arabia and its allies have launched airstrikes in Yemen against rebel Shiite Houthi forces gaining more ground. The mainly Gulf coalition, which also includes the US, is trying to help embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
Twenty-four people were killed and 43 injured as a result of Saudi-led airstrikes over the last 24 hours, Yemen’s Saba state news agency reported the Interior Ministry saying in a statement.
Explosions at Aden's largest arms depot have been reported by eyewitnesses. A Reuters correspondent saw fire and explosions at the Jabal Hadeed compound, which is close to residential and commercial properties.
Yemen’s fugitive President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has called on the army to protect state institutions and carry out the orders of the "legitimate leadership," Reuters reports. He has also called Houthi rebels “Iran’s puppets.”
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said at the summit of Arab leaders that the military campaign in Yemen against Houthi fighters would continue until its aims are achieved, Reuters reports.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi has called for the creation of a joint Arab army at a summit of Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, AP reports. Egypt is being part of the Saudi-led coalition which launched an airstrikes campaign against Houthi rebels. Before the summit, al-Sissi met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Yemen's President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled he country on Thursday.
The United Nations is evacuating its staff from the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, due to the deteriorating security situation, Reuters reports, citing a source in the UN.
The source said the staff, numbering more than 100, were heading to the airport and were expected to relocate to several countries including Jordan.
Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saud said earlier on Saturday, that three Saudi aircraft were sent to evacuate a UN mission in Sanaa, Al Arabiya reported.
Houthi rebels are moving artillery units closer to the border with Saudi Arabia, RIA Novosti cited Al Jazeera as saying.
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