Fighting had intensified after the northern rebels overran the capital unopposed in September and went on to advance on several regions, including Aden where Hadi took refuge after escaping house arrest in Sanaa.
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The Houthi-run Saba news agency said 12 people, including two children, had been killed in the latest Saudi-led air strikes across the country.
The Aden, Yemen, worldwide airport was seized by pro-government forces battling Houthi rebels, officials said.
Exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi is “personally supervising the operation” dubbed “Operation Golden Arrow for the Liberation of Aden”, said his office director Mohammed Marem from Aden.
Mr Ban was “very much disappointed” by the failure of the truce, his spokesman said.
Residents say the air strikes began shortly after midnight.
On Tuesday, the Popular Resistance, backed by reinforcements freshly trained and equipped in Saudi Arabia, retook the airport and much of the surrounding Khormaksar diplomatic district.
Amateur video showed southern militiamen in control of Aden’s worldwide airport after they captured the facility Tuesday from the Houthis and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdallah Saleh.
Despite an appeal from US President Barack Obama to Saudi King Salman for an urgent end to the fighting, Saudi-led warplanes carried out six raids on rebel positions before dawn, witnesses and military sources said.
‘We have seized control of the area that represents the western entry into Aden, ‘ he said, adding that the group ‘received sophisticated weapons from the coalition.’.
Aden’s oil refinery – Yemen’s biggest – was ablaze on Tuesday after being hit by rockets during the fighting for the city.
“It is over 100 days that the Saudi aggressors are committing the most heinous crimes in Yemen, they have violated all worldwide laws and have committed a full-fledged genocide in Yemen”, the statement said, adding that Riyadh and its allies have been hindering efforts aimed at the reconciliation of the Yemeni factions.
Since March 26, the total number of those who were killed has come up to 1670 whereas, 3,829 civilians had been wounded, said Colville.
As millions face “terrifying” violence, extreme hunger and little medical aid in Yemen, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today expressed deep concern over the “catastrophic” situation, and renewed his appeal for an “immediate and unconditional humanitarian pause”.
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“Without adequate supplies of it, water pumps no longer operate, and the limited quantities of food and medicine in Yemen’s main ports and warehouses spoil, as they can’t be transported to the 21 million people in need of aid”.
