The peacekeeping force is meant to support Yemen’s army and security forces until Hadi’s government rebuilds the military and security establishments in accordance with the principles established by the Comprehensive National Dialogue, the source said.
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Perhaps the biggest problem, however, is the Saudi naval blockade, as Yemen imports some 90 percent of its food, and those imports have slowed to a trickle since the war began.
According to reports monitored on Yemen-24 news portal on Friday, Vice president Khaled Bahah of the Hadi-led government based in Riyadh was quoted as saying that “the government will return to the country soon” without giving any deadline.
Overnight, rebel positions in the nearby neighbourhoods of Dar Saad and Khor Maksar were hit by a series of Saudi-led air strikes, said residents.
The rebels seized the capital in September, and a Saudi-led and U.S.-backed coalition began launching airstrikes against them in March.
The United Nations last week designated the war in Yemen as a Level 3 humanitarian crisis, its most severe category.
No verification or comments have been received from Saudi Arabia regarding the attack within its borders.
Since then Aden has been host to nearly daily clashes between the Houthis and local resistance fighters allied with Hadi.
The Houthi Ansarullah movement said on Saturday that a pause in fighting was under discussion with the United Nations to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of the country.
Also in Saudi Arabia, the official SPA news agency reported late Tuesday that the coalition announced the death of a soldier “as result of injuries he suffered from yesterday (on Monday) while carrying out his duties” in the Najran area, bordering Yemen. In the ensuing chaos, terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have grown in number.
“A pause, along with commensurate disengagement of armed forces in all areas including Aden, Taiz, and Marib, would allow worldwide aid organizations to deliver urgently needed food, medicine, and fuel to citizens throughout Yemen”.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed was due to travel to Sanaa on Sunday for talks with the Houthis, after discussions in Muscat, Oman.
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In the deadliest incident, an air strike on a cultural center and neighboring house killed 27 members of same family, including 17 children, HRW said.
