Yemen War News Updates -- August 10, 2015

Reuters: Anti-Houthi fighters seize districts in central Yemen

Fighters opposed to Yemen's dominant Houthi movement seized six districts in the central province of Ibb on Monday, residents and officials said, bringing them closer to the group's stronghold in the capital Sanaa.

Tribal gunmen and Sunni Islamist militias loyal to Yemen's exiled government took control of the areas in heavy clashes with the Shi'ite Houthis, in the latest of a series of northward gains with the backing of Gulf Arab air strikes and weapons.

The northernmost district overrun, al-Qafr, is 125 km (80 miles) from Sanaa, which was taken over by the Iran-allied Houthis in September in what they called a revolution against corrupt officials backed by the West.

Yemen War News Updates -- August 10, 2015

Yemen crisis: Rebels 'driven out of key city of Zinjibar' -- BBC
Yemen's Pro-Government Forces Take Control of Southern Area -- AP
Yemen loyalists retake southern provincial capital -- AFP
Anti-Houthi fighters seize districts in central and southern Yemen -- Al Arabiya
Life Persists in Ancient City as Yemeni Homes Turn to Rubble -- NBC
Over 20 Saudi-led coalition troops ‘killed in friendly fire’, govt. forces retake key city -- RT
Friendly fire from Saudi-led airstrikes kills 20 in Yemen -- Deutsche Welle
Saudi-led airstrikes kill 20 in friendly fire incident in Yemen -- AP
UAE: Three Emirati soldiers killed fighting in Yemen -- Al Arabiya
Red Cross oversees prisoner swap in Yemen’s Aden -- Gulf News/AFP/Reuters
Red Cross Leader Visits Yemen to Focus on Humanitarian Crisis -- VOA
VIDEO: Yemen on the brink of collapse -- Middle East Eye
Yemen: UN official calls for scaling up efforts to meet 'staggering' humanitarian needs -- UN News Centre
Yemen War Escalates -- Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor