Dozens of civilians killed in rebel bombing

  • 20/07/2015
Military vehicles of the Southern Resistance fighters move during clashes with Houthi fighters on a street in Yemen's southern port city of Aden (Reuters)
Military vehicles of the Southern Resistance fighters move during clashes with Houthi fighters on a street in Yemen's southern port city of Aden (Reuters)

At least 43 civilians have been killed during the rebel bombing of Yemen's second city of Aden, where Saudi-backed pro-government forces have advanced against the Shi'ite insurgents.

More than 100 others were wounded in the bombing of the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the port city, said local health chief Al-Khader Laswar on Sunday (local time).

Backed by air support from Saudi-led warplanes and troops freshly trained in the neighbouring kingdom, forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have managed to wrestle back control of most of the port city.

Two ministers of the exiled government returned to Aden this weekend, shortly after Prime Minister Khaled Bahah heralded its "liberation", four months after the Iran-backed Shi'ite Huthi rebels entered the city.

AFP