Yemen War News Updates -- April 15, 2015

CNN: Three weeks of Saudi strikes in Yemen, no peace in sight

(CNN)Thursday will mark three weeks since Saudi Arabia began airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. But there is as yet little sign that the rebels are being driven back, that the fighting in Yemen is dying down or that lives there are being saved.

To the contrary, increasingly more Yemenis appear to be fleeing the country, attempting the dangerous trip in rickety fishing boats across the Red Sea to the Horn of Africa -- a trip historically made by people fleeing Africa rather than the other way around. Hopes for stability, not only in Yemen but in the Middle East in general, are fading as fears grow that Saudia Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war in Yemen for regional domination.

Yemen War News Updates -- April 15, 2015

Saudi-led air raids pound rebels in Yemen's Aden -- AFP
Saudi raids hit south Yemen as violence claims 23 lives -- Press TV
Egypt, Saudi mull drills as pressure builds on Yemen rebels -- AFP
Mideast's arch-survivor stands in way of Saudi success in Yemen -- Reuters
The boy soldier casualties of Yemen's war -- The Telegraph
Hope amid the carnage: U.N. aid reaches victims of Yemen bloodshed -- CNN
Number of internally displaced rises in Yemen conflict -- Washington Times
Yemen war puts 2015 crop at risk, food stocks shrink: U.N. agency -- Reuters
Warships searching cargo vessels off Yemen could cause food shortages -- Splash 24/7
US Ambassador: 'We're Doing the Best We Can' for Americans in Yemen -- ABC News
Iran says it will use influence to broker peace in Yemen -- Reuters
Iran Says it Doesn’t Want to Dominate Yemen -- WSJ
Iran-Saudi Rivalry Is Stoking Conflict in Yemen -- Henry Ridgwell, VOA
Yemen Conflict Fought On and Offline -- Sputnik
Is There Any Hope Left for Yemen? -- Bushra al-Maqtari, NYT