Aden - Saudi-led warplanes launched dawn raids Saturday against Shia rebels in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, the military said, hours after peace talks in Geneva ended without agreement.
At least 15 air strikes rocked the northern, eastern and western approaches to Aden, said a pro-government military source.
"The objective is to close the noose around the Huthi rebels in Aden and assist the popular resistance committees" loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, the source said.
He said the rebels shelled several Aden neighbourhoods, killing four people and wounding several others, a toll confirmed by hospital officials.
The violence came hours after the UN's special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced Friday in Geneva that talks between the warring sides ended without agreement.
"I won't beat around the bush. There was no kind of agreement reached," the Mauritanian diplomat told reporters in the Swiss city.
AFP
