Aden: Coalition air strikes resumed against rebel positions in Yemen’s main southern city Aden after a five-day ceasefire expired late yesterday, army officials said.
Air raids hit the rebel-held presidential palace in Aden as well as a base of the pro-rebel special forces in Yemen’s second city, military officials and witnesses said.
The raids come despite calls by UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed for an extension of the humanitarian ceasefire that expired at 2000 GMT.
Since late March the coalition had been bombing Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen, who had seized Sana’a and have swept across many other regions, to stop their advance.
UN envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed called for an extension of the ceasefire in Yemen as the Houthi Shia rebels boycotted political talks in Riyadh.Agencies
