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| Saudi-Backed Forces Said to Wrest Aden, Yemen, From Houthis | |
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| CAIRO — The exiled prime minister of Yemen said early Friday that Saudi-backed forces in Aden had “completely liberated” the southern city from the Houthi rebels who have been fighting to control it for nearly four months. | |
| The prime minister, Khaled Bahah, writing on Facebook, called it a “historic moment” and said his government would turn its attention to repairing the devastation in Aden and driving the Houthis from other areas of Yemen. | The prime minister, Khaled Bahah, writing on Facebook, called it a “historic moment” and said his government would turn its attention to repairing the devastation in Aden and driving the Houthis from other areas of Yemen. |
| Security officials and witnesses in Aden said that clashes were continuing in several areas on Friday, and that the Houthis retained at least partial control of at least one district. The rapid advances by the Saudi-backed forces in the city over the past few days appeared hard to reverse, however, signaling the first significant defeat for the Houthis and their allies. | |
| Mr. Bahah’s government, led by President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, fled to Saudi Arabia in March as the Houthis advanced on Aden. The Saudis and a coalition of Arab states opened a military offensive to reinstate Mr. Hadi’s government, carrying out thousands of airstrikes to drive back the Houthis and their allies, military and security units loyal to Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. | Mr. Bahah’s government, led by President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, fled to Saudi Arabia in March as the Houthis advanced on Aden. The Saudis and a coalition of Arab states opened a military offensive to reinstate Mr. Hadi’s government, carrying out thousands of airstrikes to drive back the Houthis and their allies, military and security units loyal to Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. |
| A Saudi air and maritime blockade and ground fighting have led to crippling shortages of most basic goods, setting off a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the region’s most impoverished country. Airstrikes and shelling have killed more than 3,000 people since the start of the war, most of them civilians, according to the United Nations. | A Saudi air and maritime blockade and ground fighting have led to crippling shortages of most basic goods, setting off a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the region’s most impoverished country. Airstrikes and shelling have killed more than 3,000 people since the start of the war, most of them civilians, according to the United Nations. |
| The battle for Aden shifted on Tuesday, when the Saudi-backed forces — many of them local militiamen — took control of the city’s international airport and an important coastal neighborhood. | The battle for Aden shifted on Tuesday, when the Saudi-backed forces — many of them local militiamen — took control of the city’s international airport and an important coastal neighborhood. |
| The advance appeared to be the fruit of a vigorous push by the Saudis and their allies to establish a beachhead for Mr. Hadi’s government. Witnesses in Aden said that Saudi-trained troops had joined the battle on the side of anti-Houthi militia groups, which were equipped with armored vehicles supplied by the United Arab Emirates, a Saudi ally. |