Monday, July 20, 2015

Yemen War News Updates -- July 20, 2015



Reuters: Yemeni fighters take Aden's Tawahi district from Houthis

Local fighters and army units backed by Yemen's exiled government have taken control of Tawahi, the last district of central Aden still held by the Iran-allied Houthi militia and its allies, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

Assisted by Saudi-led air strikes, the local forces broke months of stalemate in Aden last week by suddenly seizing the airport and advancing into other parts of the port city held by the Houthis and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Late on Monday a car blast outside a mosque used by the Houthis in Sanaa killed five people and injured seven others, police sources and medics said, and was swiftly claimed by the local branch of Islamic State group.



Yemen War News Updates -- July 20, 2015

Death toll from Yemen rebel shelling doubles to nearly 100 -- AP
Yemen: Around 100 killed in Houthi shelling of Aden district, says NGO -- Asharq Al-Awsat
Yemen conflict: Loyalists 'enter last Aden district' -- BBC
Yemeni fighters backed by army of exiled regime take Aden -- Irish Times
At Least 11 Die in Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrikes in Northern Yemen -- Sputnik
Hamas denies sending fighters to Yemen -- Al Bawaba
The Rise of the Islamic State in Yemen -- VICE News
People in Yemen just want peace, MSF says -- Deutsche welle

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