Houthis lose ground in Aden

ADEN: Southern Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led air coalition seized more territory from Houthi terrorists near Aden on Friday.
The Southern Resistance retook much of Aden last month, supported by air strikes by the Saudi-led Arab coalition.
On Friday, southern Yemeni fighters and army units loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi won full control of Houta town, capital of Lahej province north of Aden, in heavy clashes, sources in the resistance said.
They reported 14 Houthis were killed and 40 captured.
Southern fighters and pro-Hadi army units also drove Houthi terrorists from Lowdar town in southern Abyan province and captured a number of combatants, they said.
The Saudi Interior Ministry, meanwhile, said rocket fire from Yemen killed four Saudi soldiers.
They were martyred in Dhahran Al-Janoub and Towal sector. Saudi forces destroyed the source of the attacks, an Interior Ministry spokesman added.
This attack resulted in the death of Corp. Ahmed Jafar Hassan Al-Majeshi and soldiers Mohammed Ali Yasin Al-Omari and Hassan Nasser Mohammed Basheri. Seven border guards were injured and shifted to hospital.
The ministry spokesman said a security patrol at Towal sector in Jazan was also hit by a military shell from Yemeni territories. As a result of the attack, Khalid Masawi Hamdi, a member of the patrol, was martyred. His colleague was injured and taken to hospital, the spokesman said.
The coalition said on Thursday it aimed first to help bring Yemen’s government back from exile to Aden and then return it to Sanaa if possible via peace talks with the Houthis.
Also on Friday, the fourth Saudi relief plane arrived at the Aden International Airport, carrying 10 tons of medical supplies for patients with kidney ailments.
Teams from King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid and from Doctors Without Borders also flew into Aden.
The assistance is in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, second deputy premier and defense minister, has issued an order to provide cargo planes from the Royal Saudi Air Force to airlift to transport humanitarian aid provided by the King Salman Center.
Rafat Al-Sabbagh, King Salman Center’s spokesman, disclosed the details in a press release.