Reuters: Houthis, Saudi-led forces battle for Yemen's biggest air base
Yemeni forces allied with a Saudi-led coalition fought Houthi militia for control of the country's largest air base north of Aden on Sunday, hours before a humanitarian truce declared by the coalition was meant to start, residents said.
The al-Anad base, 50 km (30 miles) from the southern port city, has been held by the Iranian-allied Houthi movement for much of a fourth-month-old civil war and commands the approaches to Aden.
The Arab coalition on Saturday announced a ceasefire to take effect at 11.59 p.m. (2059 GMT) on Sunday evening for five days to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The head of the Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said in comments carried by the Saba news agency that the group was not notified by the United Nations about the ceasefire and would not form a position toward it until then.
WNU Editor: It looks like the truce that was suppose to start at midnight Monday has already been broken .... Houthis attack despite coalition truce (Al Arabiya).
More News On Heavy Fighting Being Reported From Yemen's Biggest Air Base
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Government loyalists close in on Yemen’s largest air base -- Defense Update
Yemen rebels launch attack despite Saudi-led coalition truce -- AFP
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