Aid flights delayed as coalition air campaign stems Houthi advance
The fighting has killed hundreds of people, cut off water and electricity supplies and led theUnited Nations children's agency UNICEF to warn that Yemen is heading towards a humanitarian disaster.
Southern Yemeni militias backed by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Houthi fighters across several provinces in south Yemen on Monday, driving the Shi'ite rebel forces from some of their positions, witnesses and militia sources said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and UNICEF plan to fly aid planes into Yemen on Tuesday, but the missions have been delayed as they seek clearance from Arab states waging the air strikes and search for planes prepared to fly to Yemen.
The southern fighters' gains came on the 12th day of an air campaign by Saudi Arabia and mainly Gulf Arab allies trying to stem advances by the Iran-allied Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and have advanced on the southern city of Aden.
The fighting has killed hundreds of people, cut off water and electricity supplies and led theUnited Nations children's agency UNICEF to warn that Yemen is heading towards a humanitarian disaster.
Saudi Arabia, the main Sunni Arab power in the Gulf, launched the air campaign on 26 March to try to contain the Shi'ite Houthis and restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has fled Aden for refuge in Riyadh.
