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Shiite Houthi forces backed by troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh have advanced into Yemen's southern Abyan and Shabwah provinces, tribal sources have said.
"Violent clashes between the Houthis and armed tribesmen ended with the former taking control of Shabwah's Baihan region," one source told The Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity.
Another Houthi force, backed by pro-Saleh troops, had captured Abyan's Shaqra region, another source said.
According to the sources, Baihan is the first region in the Shabwah province to fall under Houthi control, while Shaqra is the second region in Abyan – after Lawdar – to fall to the Shiite militants.
The advance comes despite a series of recent airstrikes carried out by a Saudi-led Arab coalition against Houthi positions across the country.
Riyadh said the strikes were in response to calls by embattled Yemeni President ABD Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to "save the people [of Yemen] from the Houthi militias."
Fractious Yemen has been beset by turmoil since last September, when Shiite militants overran Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country as well.
Some Gulf countries accuse Shiite Iran of supporting Yemen's Houthi insurgency.
www.aa.com.tr/en - Yemen
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