20 Killed İn Clashes İn Yemen's Aden

At least 20 people, including civilians, were killed Wednesday in clashes between loyalists of the Shiite Houthi militant group and embattled President ABD Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in the southern Aden city.



The violence erupted when pro-Houthi loyalists tried to advance from Khormaksar district toward a presidential palace in Crater district in Aden, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.



For the past week, Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have been pounding Houthi positions across Yemen.



Riyadh says the strikes are in response to appeals by Hadi to "save the [Yemeni] people from the Houthi militias."



Fractious Yemen has remained in turmoil since last September, when the Houthis overran capital Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.



Some Gulf countries accuse Shiite Iran of supporting Yemen's Houthi insurgency.



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