Al Mukalla, Yemen: Iran-backed Al Houthi militants continued their intense shelling of the densely populated city of Taiz in south Yemen on Monday, residents told Gulf News.
“The shells landed in many districts during the night,” Abdul Nasser Al Sadeq, a local photojournalist said.
Al Houthi militants and their allies, forces loyal to ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have already been staging a brutal blockade on the city to punish residents for resisting their occupation.
The residents are in dire need of food, water and medical supplies as almost everything has to pass through Al Houthi checkpoints surrounding the city.
On Sunday, the internationally recognised government of Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced that it would join the UN-sponsored talks after the militants committed to accepting a UN Security Resolution that obliges them to pull out of cities that they captured during their two years of expansion across the country.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese minister of defense has said that 6,000 more troops will join Arab coalition forces in Yemen. A batch of 400 men arrived on Saturday in the southern port city of Aden and will help in patrolling the streets and providing security for the war-torn city.
Thousands of Arab soldiers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Sudan have flocked into Yemen since March to take part in a massive military operation to liberate Yemeni territority from Al Houthi expansionism.
