Fighting rages in Yemen's Aden as U.N. calls for dialogue

Fierce fighting broke out on Saturday in Yemen's southern port of Aden betw...

ADEN - Fierce fighting broke out on Saturday in Yemen’s southern port of Aden between nominally allied forces that have turned on each other, exposing rifts in a pro-government military coalition and complicating U.N. efforts to end a devastating war.

Saturday’s clashes centered on the all-but empty presidential palace in the predominantly residential Crater district, near Aden International Airport and in a neighborhood where the interior minister lives, residents said. The separatists and Hadi’s government are nominally united in their battle against the Houthis, who removed Hadi from power in the capital Sanaa in late 2014, but they have rival agendas for Yemen’s future.

Separately, the Houthis’ Al-Masirah TV quoted a military spokesman as saying the group had launched a drone attack against Saudi Arabia’s civilian Abha airport, targeting the fuel depot and control tower. Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV said air traffic at the airport was normal. The group controls Sanaa, Hodeidah and other major urban centers while Hadi’s government holds Aden and a string of western coastal towns.

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