18 dead in Yemen fighting as Saudi-led ships shell
8 April 2015 5:59 AM IST
Militia loyal to fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi battled rebels attempting to advance on a port in the city’s Mualla district, as per witnesses.
Four loyalist militiamen were killed and 12 wounded, a medic at a military hospital. Six Shiite Huthi rebels were killed, an army source said. Residents said that the loyalists had pushed the rebels further from the port, as warships of the Saudi-led coalition shelled rebel positions across Aden.
Mualla is not Aden’s main port but it has been the focus of fierce fighting in recent days.
On Monday, medics and officials said 53 people had been killed in fighting in the area over the previous 24 hours In Abyan province further east, armed tribesmen loyal to Hadi killed eight rebels in an attack on their convoy, provincial governor El-Khedr al-Saeedi said. He said that loyalist tribes and militia in Abyan and neighbouring Lahj province were sending fighters to Aden to back Hadi’s forces in the city.
During the night, Saudi-led warplanes carried out fresh strikes on the rebel-held Al-Anad air base in Lahj province, pro-Hadi General Muthanna Jawas said.
Meanwhile, over 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the fierce fighting in Yemen in the past few weeks with relief agencies on Tuesday warning of a dire situation due to dwindling supplies in the strife-torn Arabian Peninsula state.
“More than 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the violence in Yemen between March 19 and April 6,” WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said as humanitarian and political crisis deepened in Yemen due to fighting between rebels and loyalists of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
11 Indians rescued from Yemen in Pak; Sharif offers special plane
A Pakistani navy ship carrying 11 Indians along with Pakistanis from strife-torn Yemen arrived hereon Tuesday, following which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered a special plane to carry them home. A team of Indian High Commission was at the port to meet the evacuees, who along with 171 others reached here, sources said, adding the mission will extend all possible help to its nationals.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sharif offered a special plane to carry the evacuees to India, which has thanked him for his “gesture”. His offer has been conveyed by the mission to Delhi, which will take a call whether to accept it. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offers Indian High Commission Islamabad a special aircraft to take 11 Indians (evacuated from Yemen) from Pakistan to India,” the Pakistan High Commissioner to India said in New Delhi. However, the Indian High Commission has already made arrangements for their return to India on Wednesday.
According to Pakistan Foreign Office last week, 11 Indians along with 171 others were evacuated by the PNS Aslat from Yemen’s southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaeda militants. Indian authorities had also evacuated Pakistani nationals from the Yemeni port of Al Hodeidah last week. Indian authorities had also evacuated Pakistani nationals from the Yemeni port of Al Hodeidah last week.
Four loyalist militiamen were killed and 12 wounded, a medic at a military hospital. Six Shiite Huthi rebels were killed, an army source said. Residents said that the loyalists had pushed the rebels further from the port, as warships of the Saudi-led coalition shelled rebel positions across Aden.
Mualla is not Aden’s main port but it has been the focus of fierce fighting in recent days.
On Monday, medics and officials said 53 people had been killed in fighting in the area over the previous 24 hours In Abyan province further east, armed tribesmen loyal to Hadi killed eight rebels in an attack on their convoy, provincial governor El-Khedr al-Saeedi said. He said that loyalist tribes and militia in Abyan and neighbouring Lahj province were sending fighters to Aden to back Hadi’s forces in the city.
During the night, Saudi-led warplanes carried out fresh strikes on the rebel-held Al-Anad air base in Lahj province, pro-Hadi General Muthanna Jawas said.
Meanwhile, over 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the fierce fighting in Yemen in the past few weeks with relief agencies on Tuesday warning of a dire situation due to dwindling supplies in the strife-torn Arabian Peninsula state.
“More than 540 people have been killed and 1,700 injured in the violence in Yemen between March 19 and April 6,” WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said as humanitarian and political crisis deepened in Yemen due to fighting between rebels and loyalists of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
11 Indians rescued from Yemen in Pak; Sharif offers special plane
A Pakistani navy ship carrying 11 Indians along with Pakistanis from strife-torn Yemen arrived hereon Tuesday, following which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered a special plane to carry them home. A team of Indian High Commission was at the port to meet the evacuees, who along with 171 others reached here, sources said, adding the mission will extend all possible help to its nationals.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sharif offered a special plane to carry the evacuees to India, which has thanked him for his “gesture”. His offer has been conveyed by the mission to Delhi, which will take a call whether to accept it. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offers Indian High Commission Islamabad a special aircraft to take 11 Indians (evacuated from Yemen) from Pakistan to India,” the Pakistan High Commissioner to India said in New Delhi. However, the Indian High Commission has already made arrangements for their return to India on Wednesday.
According to Pakistan Foreign Office last week, 11 Indians along with 171 others were evacuated by the PNS Aslat from Yemen’s southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaeda militants. Indian authorities had also evacuated Pakistani nationals from the Yemeni port of Al Hodeidah last week. Indian authorities had also evacuated Pakistani nationals from the Yemeni port of Al Hodeidah last week.
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