Yemeni pro-government forces recaptured the presidential palace in Aden and a Saudi military plane landed in the war-scarred southern city following recent territorial losses by Iran-backed rebels.
The arrival of reinforcements freshly trained and heavily armed by the Saudi-led coalition helped forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to retake most of Aden after four months of fierce fighting.
Thirty rebels were killed in the battle for the Al-Maashiq hilltop palace, where Hadi has taken refuge before fleeing to Saudi Arabia in March, a source in the pro-government Popular Resistance militia says.
Underscoring the recent advances by the pro-Hadi forces, a Saudi military plane touched down Wednesday in the city’s newly reopened airport.
The plane, carrying relief aid, will be followed by others in the coming days, according to transport minister Badr Basalma, one of two ministers who returned to the city after it was declared “liberated” by the exiled government on Friday.
— AFP
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