Shell kills Saudi soldier on Yemen border

Ahmed said that all political parties in Yemen should come to an agreement.

They were driven out of a key airbase this week, following the loss of Aden.

Aden was the last refuge of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi before he fled into exile with his government in Saudi Arabia in March.

Gulf Arab countries have backed with air strikes and weapons deliveries a northward advance by fighters from southern Yemen fighters.

The Arab coalition has enforced a near-blockade on the country to prevent arms shipments, but had for nearly four months allowed trade and aid vessels to dock at Houthi-controlled ports to relieve hungry and impoverished Yemenis in the north. They will be exchanged for seven Al Houthi military commanders held in Aden.

The Saudi-led, American-supported coalition began launching airstrikes in March against Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies – troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh – who control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen.

The UAE has not given details on how any of their personnel died.

Separately, three Emirati soldiers belonging to the forces of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia were also killed in Yemen, another security source said.

An official from the High Relief Committee told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity that the plane that landed at the airport carried 150 Yemenis who had escaped the fighting in Aden to Djibouti. After months of fierce fighting, pro-government forces recently routed the rebels from Aden and have since been pushing north of the coastal city.

A Saudi Arabian soldier has been killed in shelling on the border with Yemen, the military said late Wednesday, adding to a rising toll in the kingdom s south over the past week.

The militia sources said 13 internally displaced people returning to their homes in the area were killed by landmines planted by the Houthis amid the fighting.

The UAE is the first country in the Saudi-led coalition, which also includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan and Egypt, to commit ground forces in Yemen’s civil war.