Yemen’s president has ordered his forces to retake control of Sanaa, a presidential source said Monday, after the rebel alliance that forced his government from the capital collapsed amid heavy fighting. The Saudi-led coalition and the Yemeni government accuse Iran of arming the Houthis, which Iran denies. An airport source said rebel bases near the location appeared to have been targeted, but the airport itself had not been bombed. That dealt a serious blow to his already fragile alliance with rebel chief Abdul Malik al-Houthi. The Saleh-Houthi split sparked fears of a new front in the Yemen war, which has already claimed more than 8,750 lives since the Saudi-led coalition joined the war.

Source: Pakistan Today December 04, 2017 14:48 UTC