Yemen War News Updates -- December 2, 2015

A soldier from the United Arab Emirates stands guard next to a UAE military plane at the airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden August 8, 2015. REUTERS/Nasser Awad

Reuters: UAE troops dig in for a long war in Yemen

Soldiers from the United Arab Emirates, at the head of a Gulf Arab coalition fighting Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen, are preparing for a long, tough ground war from their base in the southern port of Aden.

As thousands of coalition soldiers fight daily battles with the Houthis on the front lines, their comrades in Aden are training Yemeni troops and trying to rebuild a functioning state loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Infighting within the Hadi camp, the martial prowess of the Houthis and a growing Islamist menace have given the UAE armed forces, which have deployed in international operations from Kosovo to Afghanistan, their biggest challenge yet.

Yemen War News Updates -- December 2, 2015

In Yemen, 180 killed in Houthi push for Saudi territory -- The National
Dozens of Houthis killed in major offensive across border from Yemen: residents -- Reuters
Yemen shelling kills another Saudi border guard -- AFP
Three Saudi border soldiers killed in attack from Yemen -- Reuters
Shelling from Yemen rocks Saudi border -- Al Arabiya
Al Qaeda seizes town, provincial capital in southern Yemen -- Long War Journal
Qaeda fighters in 'show of force' in south Yemen -- AFP
Al-Qaida captures government-controlled Yemeni town -- AP
Al Qaeda militants take over two south Yemen towns, residents say -- Reuters
Al Qaeda captures two Yemen towns -- DW
Al Qaeda seizes key towns in south Yemen -- CNN
Islamic State Extends Its Tentacles into Yemen -- US News and World Report/Al-Monitor
Saudi Arabia accused of bombing MSF medical facility in Yemen -- The Independent
Clinic run by Doctors Without Borders bombed in Yemen -- FOX News
Saudi refuses UAE request to send mercenaries to Yemen -- Middle East Monitor
UAE Sends over 400 Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Houthis in Yemen -- Breitbart
The United Arab Emirates has deployed a team of Colombian mercenaries to fight in Yemen -- Business Insider
Sudanese troops engaging Houthi rebels in Yemen for the first time: report -- Sudan Tribune
Yemen leader reshuffles cabinet to smooth differences -- Al Arabiya/AFP
Yemen PM rejects cabinet reshuffle ordered by president: government source -- Reuters
Yemen peace talks could start in mid-December: British envoy -- AFP
British diplomat: Yemen peace talks likely in mid-December -- AP