(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Forces loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the pro-president armed popular committees have retaken control of the Aden International Airport and Badr Camp, after violent clashes with forces loyal to Houthi group.
The pro-president army forces and popular committees regained control of Aden Airport, the Badr camp in Khormaksar city from forces loyal to Houthi group after violent clashes that lasted for several hours, said military sources in Aden.
Hundreds of soldiers and fighters loyal to the Houthi group, the sources added, fled the city due to the strong offensive launched by the armed popular committees and troops.
The military sources said that forces loyal to President Hadi have also shelled Houthi-controlled Anad air base in Lahij province in order to regain control of it, pointing out that hundreds of Houthi gunmen left the base and moved to the northern provinces, as the popular committees continued its advance to control the military base.
In the meantime, a cautious calm returned to the Yemeni capital Sana'a, hours after air strikes by Al-Hazm Military Storm Operation targeted the Houthi group's military sites, and the traffic remains a standstill in all areas near the Houthi camps in particular, in an anticipation of renewed air strikes on those sites.
The Al-Hazm Military Storm Operation have targeted Al-Dailami military base, the police, the presidential palace, the first armored division, special armored forces, and Rima Hamid camp of the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemeni military sources said that the air strikes have weakened to a large extent the military capabilities of the Houthis, and pushed military leaders loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to flee from several military sites in Sana'a.
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