A Saudi military plane loaded with arms for pro-government forces landed at Aden airport in Yemen Wednesday, marking the airport’s first arrival since the conflict escalated four months ago, AFP reported.
“A Saudi military plane landed at Aden airport this afternoon carrying weapons and military assistance to the popular resistance forces, in the first flight there since March 25,” an airport official told reporters.
Meanwhile, Saudi-backed militiamen exchanged heavy artillery fire with Houthi fighters in the northern outskirts of Aden.
The militiamen were reportedly advancing to Yemen’s largest air base 60 km north of Aden, with the intent to link up with over anti-Houthi forces approaching from the base’s northern end.
Saudi intervention and ensuing clashes in Yemen have killed over 3,600 people.
