Battle of Taiz

A Yemeni loyalist fighters, backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates patrols the streets of central Aden on June 11, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Saleh Al-OBEIDI

Fighting for a key port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast has left at least 40 rebel and pro-government fighters dead, military officials said Jan. 24.

Loyalist forces said on Jan. 23 that they had captured the port of Mokha, almost three weeks into an offensive to oust Shiite Houthi insurgents and their allies from Yemen's southwestern coast.

A Saudi-led coalition air strike killed a Yemeni judge and seven members of his family in the capital Sanaa on Jan. 24, residents said, as an aid convoy delivered food to a besieged southern city for the first time in months.

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been bombing the Iran-allied Houthis, who control the capital, since March.

An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeted a building used by police in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 15, Security officials said on Jan. 18.

Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi returned to the southern port city of Aden on Nov. 17 to rally forces loyal to him in the country's civil war and oversee a campaign to retake the city of Taiz, a presidency official said.

Saudi-led air strikes and heavy shelling between warring factions shook several cities in Yemen on July 11, residents said, violating a United Nations humanitarian truce which took effect just before midnight. 

Serbian citizen "trapped" in Yemen

BELGRADE -- Serbian citizen Muhedin Gegic and his Yemeni wife and four children are "trapped" in the Middle Eastern country, according to Serbia's state broadcaster RTS.

Gegic told RTS that he was in daily contact with the Serbian embassy in Dubai, that he "awaits evacuation, and thinks all that will soon be resolved."

A populated area north of Sana’a was hit by Saudi Arabian fighter aircraft, resulting in dozens of victims, according to a Houthi-controlled TV station.

The station urged medical personnel to attend the capital’s hospitals.

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen left the country while enemy forces continue rampaging through Yemen.

Shortly before Hadi  was known to have abandoned the country, public sector employees were said to have been told to return home, while many of them had been equipped with weapons.