2 Bab al-Mandab is a key maritime route connecting Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. 3 A UN spokesman says civilian death toll alone in Yemen could go as high as 10,000. At least 66 people have been killed in the last 24 hours in violent clashes in Yemen, medics and security sources have said, as pro-government forces are pushing to oust rebels from a key stretch of the coastline. Also read | 60 feared drowned in Yemen after boat disappears14 members of the pro-government forces also lost their lives. REBELS BEING ATTACKED BY WARPLANESCoalition warplanes and Apache attack helicopters have been attacking rebels in support of pro-Hadi forces advancing towards the Red Sea city of Mokha, if military sources are to be believed.

Source: India Today January 23, 2017 04:09 UTC