Saudi Arabia and several other countries in the Middle East on Thursday launched a military operation in Yemen. Objective: to stop the progression of the Shiite militia houthie and thus come to the aid of the Yemeni president increasingly isolated.
This translates to an hour by air strikes, but some countries are willing to participate in a ground invasion.
Air raids have targeted particular Sanaa airport, the capital. Houses, nearby, were affected. According to a source on site, a dozen civilians were killed.
The United States does not participate directly in these operations, but they provide logistical support.
The Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir, justified the intervention. "We will do whatever it takes to defend the legitimate government of Yemen and prevent his fall, he said. We are facing a situation in which an armed group took control or is about to take control of ballistic missiles, heavy weapons and air forces. "
A Houthi leader responded to this regional offensive in speaking of "aggression" against the Yemeni people.
Sign of the deteriorating situation, the shots in the vicinity of Aden. It is in this port city in the south of the country fled the President Mansour Hadi, who fled the capital there two months.
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