UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Arab leaders to resolve the Yemen conflict peacefully after a Saudi-led coalition launched a military intervention against Shia rebels.
He was speaking at a summit that was expected to back a Saudi-led offensive against Yemeni rebels and approve a joint military force has begun.
Yemen President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was present along with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab leaders in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's navy began an operation to evacuate dozens of Saudi and foreign diplomats from the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, state television has reported.
Yemen's Houthi rebels made broad gains in the country's south and east yesterday despite a second day of Saudi-led airstrikes meant to check the Iranian-backed militia's efforts to overthrow President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Shia Muslim Houthi fighters and allied army units gained their first foothold on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast by seizing the port of Shaqra 100km east of Aden, residents told Reuters.
Saudi-led air forces attacked a convoy of Houthi armoured vehicles, tanks and military trucks travelling on the coastal road from the Arabian Sea town of Shaqra towards Aden in southern Yemen, residents said.
The Iranian-backed Shia Muslim Houthi rebels yesterday opened a new front in their drive to topple Western and Saudi-allied President Hadi, capturing Shaqrain and preparing to march on Aden from the east.
Residents said war planes from the Saudi-led coalition struck the convoy early today on the al-Mukalla-Aden road, hitting a number of vehicles.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on the strike and no details on any casualties were available.
Saudi-led forces began operations against the Houthis onThursday after its forces closed in on Aden and appeared poised to capture it.
The air strikes have bolstered local militias defending the city but had not blunted the offensive completely.
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