Yemeni Rebels Deep into Aden

Local Editor

The Yemeni army as well as Ansarullah revolutionary groups opened their way into the heart of Yemen's main southern city Aden where fighting raged Thursday in the former stronghold of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled overseas.

The advance comes despite a week of US-Saudi aggression.

The Huthi rebels and allied army units were advancing on the presidential palace after seizing the key district of Khor Maksar, home to several foreign consulates and UN offices, residents said.

Sources with the Ansarullah fighters in Yemen confirmed on Thursday that the media reports circulating about the deployment of foreign troops of unknown nationality to Aden were baseless.

According to the sources, the Yemeni army has managed to take control of the strategic city despite some intermittent clashes there.

The report comes as Ansarullah revolutionaries and their allies managed to capture the presidential palace in Aden.

The palace was the last bastion of power for the country's toppled president, Hadi, before he fled to neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team