ADEN, Yemen, July 19 (UPI) — Shelling by Houthi rebels on positions in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 100.
The bombardment comes after pro-government forces, bolstered by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, re-captured a majority of the city last week.
The renewed fighting shattered a United Nations-brokered ceasefire designed to allow shipment of humanitarian aid into Yemen and led to pro-government forces capturing the international airport in Aden on Wednesday.
By Thursday, with much of the port city in pro-government hands, Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi declared Aden “liberated,” and several ministers of the exiled Yemeni government are reported to have returned to the city.
However, fighting continues in Aden’s western Tawahi district, the Houthi’s last remaining stronghold on the peninsula.
Yemen’s civil war erupted late last year after northern Shia rebels known as Houthis began clashing with the Sunni government of Hadi, taking much of the country, including the capital of Sanaa, by March. Hadi was forced to flee into Saudi Arabia, which in turn led a coalition of Gulf Arab allies in an air campaign against the rebels.
The Houthis have in the past acknowledged receiving economic aid from Iran, the region’s Shia rival to the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but Tehran has denied accusations of supplying the rebels with weapons.
According to U.N. estimates, the conflict has killed more than 3,200 people, half being civilians, including 142 who perished in the 10 days between July 3 and July 13, while more than a million have been displaced from their homes.
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