also military vehicles in aden. these targets in areas of the northern of aden city it's isolated movements. you would like to remind and connect this issue that there were some people who were there before the operation started. and operations started from the popular committees and from outside to the coalition to prevent them from receiving their supplies and logistics. notice that there's some gathering of some militias trying to make some checks on the road. we receive information and then our plane deals with these gatherings at checkpoints. vehicle, another vehicle. now as you notice our operations are targeted control all the movements of aden city to confirm that there's no danger on the town at the moment. notice that all these vehicles are military vehicles some civilian vehicles but used for military purposes. some of the buildings where they have civilians left have been targeted. explosion. the operation continues at the same level by the saudi military through movement all through the borders. during

aden is the houthis - if they take aden they can do that within minutes by air strikes. there's no need to enter aden. as we talk houthis have hundreds of fighters in aden according to a senior houthi commander that i spoke to an hour ago. there's no need for the houthis to enter aden they are there. as soon as they know the location of abd-rabbu mansour hadi, if they do not surrender, they'll use air strikes against him. they expect him to surrender or leave the country. surrender line the defence minister did two minutes ago, or leave the country. >> what do we expect abd-rabbu mansour hadi to do next. he has called for what he is saying "willing countries" to intervene militarily. how likely is that to happen now that the airbase has been taken. according to what you say some of his ministers have been arrested and he is on the run, cording to your sources. >> the problem is that abd-rabbu mansour hadi's allies the couple countries of the u.s. and u.k. are slow in reacting. houthis's allies is decisive and quick. while hardy's allies are talking, houthis are spading u

they are still in aden and still ready to fight. it's going to be a long couple of days for president hadi to take control. >> president hadi is based in aden and now according to the reuters news agency, there is smoke rising from the presidential compound in aden after sounds of two explosions were heard by residents there. who's protecting the president right now? how are his forces handling the situation? >> president hadi has thousands of forces under his control currently. thousands of official army troops and thousands of his own resistance militants who are from his hometown of anbar province. he has fighters, security but right now the defense minister is in charge of the confrontation in support of hadi and he is taking lead of this. we expect that hadi is safe. there could be clashes throughout aden, but hadi does ever support and power and has the arms to control them. that is why the security forces, the special forces evacuated the compound two hours ago because hadi was very powerful in that area. these forces are sti

some suggested he already left aden the port city of aden whether the houthis were advancing. some suggest he flew the country. some others, other sources who are close to president hadi say he is in a safe place in aden. he had left the presidential palace in aden. so at this moment we don't really know where he is. >> okay omar thank you very much omar al saleh here for us in the studio. somer joins us from washington, d.c. welcome once again to al jazeera jazeera, somer your reaction to the military action launched in yemen? >> it's surprising to have an air strike so soon to the houthis expanding to aden. for me, my main concern is on the people on the ground are they safe? what is this air strike targeting? is it just restricted to military bases or is it going to expand to other sites as well? >> exactly. it's not clear at this point what exactly those objectives are of these air strikes. now you had said when we spoke a few days ago that you were hopeful that there might still be a political solution. >> yes. i was hopeful that there was a political solution. i think th

two air strikes took place in aden, two -- two strikes, 30 minutes apart. the first strike hit the presidential palace. that's when president hadi fled. the second attack took place in a district. as of now we have no reason to believe that there's a reason to attack the district only president hadi was going in that direction. but as of now, the senior aid i talked to, said president hadi is safe and he has left the palace. and the aircraft left sana'a. they were not in the south. they left sana'a 30 minutes ago, and we saw them in the air going towards that direction. so these are the houthis who are basically moving the air force in their support to ensure that -- what they call the hadi uprising in aden comes to an end very soon. but this is far from over and we expect clashes overnight because of the intensifying clashes, and that many reinforcements have reached aden to support the prohouthi leader who is the commander of the social forces who were forced to evacuate the base. >> it is quite significant that we're seeing the fighting move from sana'a

back to the air base it is just 60 kilometers from aden. more on the situation on yemen now, we're joined by a political analyst joining us live from the capitol. what more can you tell us now? >> according to the information we have president hadi is not in the palace. and the houthi officials has announced that president hadi left the country. as of right now, it's conflicting reports between the houthis who are confirming that he has left the country, and by the foreign minister who is saying that he is currently still in aden. >> where is all of this information coming from about what is happening in aden? >> right now while the houthis are in control of the entire city. they took control of the central bank an hour ago. they are in control of the air base. they have hundreds of militants of their supporters in the city of aden. and they have special forces who are in control of the city and those who were loyal to hadi especially his militants were forced to leave aden and head back to their strong hold. so aden is basically free of th

, the houthis ever injured aden, hundreds have entered aden since the morning and spread quietly throughout the province. whether hadi is there or not doesn't make any difference anymore. >> you are suggesting the seizure of the air base by the houthis was the game-changer, if you like, that was the point at which president hadi lost power. >> exactly because his main power struggle, main stronghold, main forces, main military commanders were all at the air base all fighting together in one single angle and when they all got defeated, right now hadi's defense minister and top commander also have been brought or are on their way to sanna by the houthis. it's a given right now. it was only time especially right now since the houthi spokesperson announced $94,000.0. yea to anyone who hands over hadi, so they're in control of aden and it's a matter of time until this becomes official. >> give us an idea as to the split in terms of yemen's armed forces, because clearly the houthis alone would not have been able to have pulled this off, the seizure of this significant air base. tell us about the

the internet speed in aden is next to zero. aden tv now is rather like a shadow of a channel it once was. most of its equipment goes back to the 1980s most of itsal programs come from other channels and it's staff are under paid. it needs huge funds and a boost in human resource to his do a good job. president hadi has been relying on foreign reporters to carry his message to world. his own citizens who are the primary target are struggling to get access to the message. al jazerra aden. >>> two al jazerra journalists will appear in a cairo court again on sunday after their alleged links to the bans muslim brotherhood. the retile was ordered by the court of cassation in january where it overturned a lower court's verdict which found them guilty. omar reports. >> reporter: it will be the third time for al jazerra's mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed to appear in court for their retrial. on january 1st the court of cassation threw out their convictions and ordered a retile. journal faried freed the men on bail on day one of the retil

he is holed up there. >> there's no more use in aden. you control aden. abd-rabbu mansour hadi cannot do anything. it is a main strategic stronghold. the houthis can attack aden and get abd-rabbu mansour hadi within hours. i doubt they'd do that only because it's useless now, and abd-rabbu mansour hadi is powerless. forces numbering in the thousands were not able to secure the only air base. the houthis can attack abd-rabbu mansour hadi in aden through the air base within two minutes. the strikes would not take more than two minutes. abd-rabbu mansour hadi would not be able to use missiles to take the attack. it's over for abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and we expect negotiations or international intervention. >> we have the proposal for the talks in qatar on the table. obviously the situation is making the process of dialogue pressing. in the meantime i'm wondering what more do you know about the nature of the saudi forces on the border. what kind of troops and what kind of military materiale is there on the border with yemen? >> according to the houthi officia

do you have any information on how close this is doing to aden? and do you think that your operations can stop them from taking control of aden? >> first of all, i want to compel the operation itself -- the main objective is to protect the government in yemen. there is some elements of the houthi militias reach the -- some of the area around aden, and the air base. they were attacked by the coalition, now the air base is under control of the yemeni army. we will continue to target their movement -- their -- their concentration of forces until we clarify all of the area that they are controlling now. >> reporter: just a followup if they do manage to take aden will that represent pint at which you reconsider the campaign? >> please could you repeat again. >> reporter: if they do still manage to capture aden would you have to reconsider the goals of the campaign?

first of all hakeem who do you believe now controls the airport in aden? >> right now the airport is still under control of the pro-hadi, the president of the country, the pro-hadi forces but, again, it's very tense right now. he has thousands of forces on the ground whether military or resist important forces but this war could continue or the escalation could continue for days to come especially since the houthis for the ex-president are using the country's air force to be involved in the clashes. this means that the houthis do not just want this to be a one-day thing to scare hadi this is a long-running program to stop hadi of developing forces in the south. >> the battle has moved from the capitol -- it has moved to the south. is there no doubt in your mind that these were yemen air force planes with pilots who are presumably loyal to the former president that were bombing hadi's palace in the south? no doubt in your mind? >> i'll be honest with you, i personally saw one of these two aircraft in the skies of sana'a just 30 minutes before it hit aden, s

supporters of presidential sala are northwest of aden and forces to president hadi are around aden where he fled last month. president hadi appealed for an urgent intervention. let's talk to editor in chief of the yemen post from the capitol sanna. yep's political problems are made more difficult because of all these rival groups and different factions. let's talk about the houthis first, what is their strategy and how is their alliance with iran playing out. >> the houthi strategy is to control all parts of yemen whether through peaceful ways or by the way of force. they are strongly linked to iran and iran is their only ally right now in the region. it seems iran was enough for the houthis since they know how to escalate quickly when needled while adou rabbo mansour hadi's allies are going in gradual slow steps which allows the houthis to escalate quicker than anyone expects. they are raising vases calling for the halt of all military action and returning to the dialogue table. all political factions are called to halt any escalation or movement on the ground for the sake of the yemeni

aden tv is the only channel in southern yen. president abd-rabbu mansour hadi gave orders that it should be considered the official tv channel for the country. it's an enormous challenge for the staff. the tv station that was once the official channel of the former independent republic was left in limbo since the unification in yemen. it's been technically the case. last month the houthis cut off the transition of the satellite. >> they disconnected the tables without prior warnings. they were obliged to find alternatives. we have now begun to transmit live. >> the houthis were reportedly afraid that the south may announce independence. the decision has ipp advertently served aden tv well. now it has started to broadcast to the world independently from aden. that's not the end of the changes as they try to get the message across. all of yemen's tv channels and papers are located in the north. the majority are under houthi control or censorship. the internet speed in aden is next to zero. it's like the shadow of a channel it once

of aden. -- city of aden. he fled out of the country's port of mid-heavy security. his foreign ministers deny he left the country. more on a precarious situation in the arab world's poorest country. >> as him and teeters on the brink of civil war, there is much confusion about the whereabouts of the president. he had been holed up in the southern port of aden and's rebels overran the capital last month. -- since rebels overran the f month. -- the capital last month. asked the planes are trying to fire rockets at the president. up until now aden is still standing. the president is trying his hardest. >> other reports say the president has fled. at the moment is it -- it is unclear where the president is. they made significant advances, capturing the airports wednesday. they have made gains further south. bases a city over the weekend and have reportedly taken control of an airbase to kilometers from aden. the east is still in government hands, but central aden is threatened by al qaeda. on tues

and moving on aden. a threat to regional stability and accompanying the saudi king to the summit will be yemen's leader, abd rabbu mansour hadi, who sought help in the wake of the advance. pledged to form a urine fied military force the secretary-general of the arab league has been tasked to consult with arab chiefs of staff over the next month. also on the agenda will be the ongoing violence in libya where two rival governments are competing for power. and linked to this in the minds of the arab leaders is the rise of the so-called islamic state of iraq and the levant or i.s.i.l. threatening detablingization destabilization in a number of other states. most importantly for arab leadership is to continue healing and restore unity that is essential if the crisis posed by the common enemy i.s.i.l. is to be addressed. mike hannah, al jazeera. >>> extended the u.n. mission and decided to keep an arms embargo in place. katherineare kristin saloomey has more. >> it was in the words of the u.k. ambassador to th

aden. >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, a united in grief, leaders from germany and spain arrive at a crash on tuesday killing 150 people. >>> mudslides hit the peruvian highlands, hundreds of homes damaged. >>> and growth industry, picture climate on their side. myanmar's wine makers look to branch out. >> houthi rebels close in on yemen's president in the southern city of aden. there are reports of gunfire on the outskirts of the city, and it's airports have been closed due to security concerns. yemen's four ministers echo the call in asking arab countries to help fight the rebels. but the president's wear abouts at the moment are unknown. they're matching troops on the board of yemen. the foreign minister saying they'll take measures to protect yemen's security. we have more on the fight for yemen. >> it shocked many people but houthies have advanced this far south. yemen's third largest city. especially the locals. every day this week they have taken a stan

hadi is not in aden half of the government is still in sana'a. it's a symbolic protection of aden because there's nothing really in terms of the existence of a government per se. >> so the coalition is in control of -- of all of yemeni air space, according to the spokesman. you have also got now all of these troops amassed on the border the saudi arabiian yemeni border do you think just by having air supremacy and continuing coming raids that that's the way they will force the houthis to retreat? >> there will be ground operations but not by the saudis in my -- as far as i can -- my expectations. i think the saudis will do anything they can to make sure they don't need to send their troops inside yemen, it's a very mountainous area very difficult to invade. and maybe they are hoping that they will not even come to that stage, because there are many tribes that have already announced their readiness to fight if they have weapons and the necessary supplies and the saudis are probably planning to just use those tribes. the tribes have already said w

he lives in his house not far from aden, he has not get met with president hadi. he is not willing actually to meet with hadi or attend this meeting. it is not clear why he has these differences with hadi, it is a tremendous problem for hadi because this poarn is person is respected in the army, and his refusal to attend this meeting is a huge problem. >> we hear the u.n. envoy to yemen is on his way there. >> yeah, that reconfirms that the reports we have during the last few days saying that saudi arabia is doing what they can to host these talks or so hadi has accepted and responded favorably to host the talks. the houthis and the loyalists are refusing until now but it does note there is some reports about russia joining the efforts to try oconvince the houthis to go to the meeting. it is a bit of a surprise because russia has always been standing in everything with iran iran is behind the houthis. the fact that he has left for ryad indicates there may be hopes for success that riad should host these talks. >> talk about what former president sala has been sayi

their last i think, straw is aden. the situation in aden is grave. we call our international partners, and regional partners to take care of aden it's getting out of hand with the killing going on in the streets. the situation is critical. >> excuse me jumping in i want to ask about the arab league mealing in shamal sheikh what do you think they can do to resolve the situation and draw on the players, and the houthis, who have a lot of support? >> i think arab summit is a turning point in the history of the region or the contemporary arab industry. the message is clear not only to the houthis and former dictators, but to their backers. the formation of arab force which is on the agenda is meant to send a message that nobody is going to tolerate the nonsense going on in this important region on the world. they are really threatening and regional peace and stability. the message is loud and clear from shamal sheikh and hopefully the iranians understand what is the message. deciding from our international partners from the united states and from u.k. an

they are pushing towards aden where the president is trying to hold power. anti aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying at president hadi's compound. >> the united states pulled out its last remaining special forces teams giving this explanation. >> with each day houthi fighters move further south yemen's moving closer to all out war. these are the rebels, taking over the third largest city and here they are taking over the airport. here's what the reason might be. >> the houthis attacking through the air from sanna to aden, they now can attack aden from only minutes away. >> ousted president adou rabbo mansour hadi is trying to hold power from aden. >> i stress the following firstly, the evacuation of all armed militia's from the militaries the withdrawal of all gunman from snap and other cities. >> that is unlikely. the united states is pulling its troops out of an air base in the south, a serious setback for the fight against al-qaeda, which has an off shoot based in yemen. >> this makes all the sense in the world for the limited number

aden and towards the capital, current capital which is aden. also, work continues around the clock to attack all areas of yemen and in the briefing we shall cover them. >> now the air operations as you will see, we have focused--we have focused on the operation of air control now the focus is on transport of supplies and vehicles the work continues at this rate to target and prevent houthi militias to move in any way possible. here we have command control centers and their fort any anycations and ammunition storms ammunition storage in the attack. we mentioned in a previous briefing that there is a large number of weapon stores. there is a large number of ammunition stores. we're working on locating them and destroying them this is another weapons ammunition store this shows us the amount of ammunition acquired and reflects the intention that were intended by the militias by attacking either the yemeni people or the neighboring countries. this is anti-aircraft on site that was completely destroyed. this was a tank used by the militias targeted

it's also very close to aden. it's the closest city to aden. and if you control taez you can enter aden infiltrating aden within minutes. especially if you want to conduct air strikes. air strikes will only take minutes. right now all the troops and the houthi forces that are in tachltez will surround the president. the real clashes will be later tonight or tomorrow morning. >> and we were reported just now the u.n. security council is expected to meet later today to hold an emergency meeting to talk about yemen. this was requested by the president. what do you think can be realistically achieved here? >> reporter: to be honest nothing. the u.n. security council has done nothing. only get worse over the last couple months. the president was house arrested attacked. his own residence was attacked. he was arrested by the houthis. the government prime minister was also attacked and almost assassinated and the u.n. did nothing. the houthis know that the u.n.s will continue to give threats. they know that it's an institution that cannot react very q

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it's not clear if he has made it to aden. the understanding is that he is trying to reach aden and join the president. a prominent military leader the minister of defense during the latest government that is now under the ministers. six including him were under house arrest during the last few days. he is under control of hathi. if he has really escaped, probably he will join hadi in aden. >> president hadi also escaped house arrest there in sanaa and made his way to aden. >> reporter: well repeat that question. >> you were telling us about president hadi. he, too, escaped house arrest there in the capital, sanaa, didn't he and made his way to the southern port city of aden? >> reporter: yeah. hadi has been here for a couple of weeks now and he is trying to rebrace himself. he invited the ministers to join him, cabinet members, some of them were able to do that but most of them are at least have not been able to join him because the houthis are blocking their way. they are not yet even leave sanaa, those under house arrest. w

the port city of aden. are they strong enough to with stand any military intervention from the outside? how would they respond? >> i think its hard to tell right now. i think the houthies have surprised everybody and it's been clear for some time that they've had support from ali abdullah saleh and they wouldn't have been able to do what they've done without that. but how do you stop the houthies really? i don't think bombing is the answer. it will have to be at the negotiating table. but it will be interesting to see if they're able to take aden in the next few days. >> thank you very much. >>> now other top story the leaders of france, germany and spain have been visiting the french alps where a passenger plane crashed on tuesday. all 150 people on board were killed. these are the latest developments. a cockpit voice recorder has been recovered. the device is now in paris. investigators say that they've managed to recover some information from it. but they're also saying that it's just too early to draw a

they were left in airport, in aden airport. the fighting was there so some of them tried to stage the taking of the airport and were beaten now. and the same thing happened of the air base, and it's back in the hands of the president's group. >> this seems to be fast-moving. >> we can't understand how there would be in aden on the front line how is it still in the forces. >> what about saudi arabia. they've begun to amass troops on the border, and nevada' asked--the yemenis have asked for the--thank you the former head of the saudi intelligence he has mentioned, and he was also at the british parliament, he said that it would prove that the gcc have got to intervene. this was a week ago. it seemed that things were going that way but i think they are a little bit late. with the president stage as comeback, especially it was the houthi's lines towards the saudi arabia where they could be around that corner between saudi and yemen. >> thank you for your thoughts on the subject. thank you. >> iraqi forces have restarted to take the

airstrikes in yemen and explosions were heard in the southern city of aden today. the gentleman giving the briefing. >> after confirmed intelligence that they use it as a grouping center. we've targeted operations and focused and avoided any collateral damage. as we confirm the continuation our care for the citizens we have no issues. >> this is the command post where the houthi leadership and faters dug in and where they took a direct hit. of course, this hall continue in the next few days to prevent the advance of hotely forces and to disrupt supply and lowies ticks and to prevent movement of vehicles. the next few days we noticed that there have been movement to vehicles and troops either towards the south south of yemen. the central building in the middle of this row of these buildings. it's not--our goal is not to destroy infrastructure but target the specific building that was confirmed. it was an ammo dump used for the houthis. of course, you must all know as we mentioned earlier that the houthi militias are fortified inside houses, we're seeing in the past

aden is a short distance away from taiz. the president has been trying to hold on to power. >> i stress the following: firstly, the evacuation of all armed malinc. as. secondly, withdrawal of all gunmen from sanaa. >> the united states seams to agree it shut down its embassy and pooled troops from the air portion base in the south of the country. the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution before things deteriorate i don't a full-blown war in yemen. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> the former advisor to the last three indian ministers joins me now. thank you for coming in. sir, if the houthis were able to take taiz so easily are they close to moving on to aden? >> no. it would be a different game completely but it's worrying. they have bridged the former line between north and south yemen. it looks like it would be moved easily but we are not surprised because of the coordination, complete coordination between the remains of the army which is controlled by the former dictator and the houthis while the malitian have been

they fled to aden in january. i think the death of the former king, king abdullah delayed the attack. when i read the statement coming out from the g.c.c. countries. they did repeat the same words that this is a houthi military coup, and the g.c.c. will take whatever measure is necessary. i think the death of king abdullah made that lain. >> you were in aden when the houthis overran the capital and took over the capital in sanaa, and we saw president abd-rabbu mansour hadi flee to aden as well. you have been talking to yemenis as well. how do they feel about what is going on in the country? >> they were unhappy, taken by surprise and sad to see the country. yemen is a poor country. more than 65% of people on the poverty line according to the u.n. they have hope. after the toppling of the former president, they have some democracy and civility. the government will help find jobs for them and the economy to feed the population. they felt they were taken by surprise by a small group of people the houthis, overrunning

here in aden they are left with an option. aden tv is the only channel. they gave orders it should be the official channel. >> it's an enormous challenge. the tv station that was once the ochildren channel was left in limbo since the reunification. it's been technically, and the houthis cut off the transmission of satellite cable. >> translation: they disconnected the cables without warning. we were obliged to find alternatives. we have begun to transmit live. the mewetties were afreight the south would announce independent. now, for the first time it has started to broadcast to the world independently from aden. that's not the end of challenges. all of yemen's tv channels and newspapers are located in the north. the majority are under houthi control or censorship. internet speed in aden is next to zero. it's like the shadow of a channel it once was. most of the equipment goes back to the 1980s. programs and news its are borrowed. staff are under paid. it will mean huge funds and human resources to do is good job. the president has been lying on reporters

there has been heavy bombing at the military camp in aden. the united states says it doesn't want an open-ended war in yemen. the country said it wants the current military operation to result in a return to dialogue. >> the basis for -- for the united states is the political process and a return to that political process. so that's -- that's what we want to see is a return to the gcc initiative which would include president hadi as the legitimate president, but in which the houthis also would play a role. >> let's get some analysis from al jazeera's alan fisher with us in washington, d.c. what did you make of what we heard there alan? >> well i think he is reenforcing the point that it's important what happens in the skies above yemen actually results in a political settlement, and the saudis believe the best way of doing that is by convincing the houthis that militarily they won't win. everything seemed to be very rushed on wednesday into the early hours of thursday in yemen when the operation was launched. it is understood that the houthis

the port of aden is also in his site. president abd rabbu mansour hadi fled house arrest in sanaa and is trying to establish the government in aden. saudi arabia's foreign minister says the standoff in yemen can be resolved peacefully, he won't see a political solution but says gulf countries will take the necessary steps if that doesn't happy. charlie angela has the story. >> residents are not going quietly, in return they're fired on and tear gassed. their city yemen's third largest was taken on sunday. with government buildings and its international airport now under houthi control. yemen is increaseingly divided by a north controlled by houthis and south ruled by president abd rabbu mansour hadi. holding back the houthi advance. >> translator: they are expanding in territory occupying airports and cities, attacking aden by planes. threatening and gathering their forces. we have expressed to the gulf cooperation council the united nations and the international community that this should be a no-fly zone. >> reporter: t

they are reported to be marching towards the southern city of aden. in chabwa province, they have been battling sunni tribes and at least 40 houthi's fighters said to have been killed. more from hasham barahawa. >> airstrikes hit including in the capital city sanaa. jets have bombed ammunition at those airports and long-range rocket launchers in sanaa, sada, ib and hadadah. this is an aftermath. the destroyed helicopters, fighter jets and a fuel facility. the saudis have also deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. >> the houthis are a group of malitias that stage add coup. they have expanded because of the backing of former president and the iranians. >> saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters who have started to retreat from the south according to local sources. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. these are houthi fighters killed in an ambush while in the southern city of lahague. the summit in egypt has been dominated by the deteriorating security situa

president abd rabbu mansour hadi president of aden. the houthis also controlling the airport and other parts of the city of ta'izz. houthi leader says he will send fighters further south to aden where president hadi is taking refuge. if the standoff can be resolved, he said it can be resolved peacefully. but he will take the necessary steps. >> we are against iran's intervention in yemen because it doesn't help protect iran from any threat. it is actually an act of congregation. >> we're keen on protecting yemen's sovereignty. the legitimacy of president hadi alone. we are hopeful that the matter can be resolved peacefully. whatever need to support him we are ready to take the necessary measures if needed. >> institute here in london with me in the studio, when we have the foreign minister of saudi arabia saying no matter what president hadi asks we will give it to him if hadi says send us your jets, send us your soldiers, will he do that? >> yes absolutely. the situation is on the brink of civil war. president hadi is losing control o

we have intensified our attacks north of aden. the houthi are desperate to get into the cities so they can take over. >> saudi arabia has said its military campaign will take some time accusing iran of helping the houthis to destabilize the region. >> iran has trained houthies. if they're currently present in yemen they will receive the same fate as the houthies. let me stress we will not allow anyone to provide assistance to the houthis in the air or in the city. >> president hadi is rallying international support in its pain. >> for the time being airstrikes continue across yemen showing no signs of slowing down. there are no indications though, that the saudis will send troops into yemen in the near future. al jazeera. >> al jazeera has been told that a yacht belonging to yemen's ousted president ali abdullah saleh has been smuggled out of the country. sources say that the yacht that you can see here was loaded on to this cargo ship, which was then allowed a permit to leave shower. this is believed to be the second yacht owned

southern city of aden attack was repelled. tribesmen around the town of bahar in the central province of shabwa. houthi weapons stores and air deferences were targeted, al jazeera's hashem ahelbarra filed this report. >> these are the victims of a camp dozens were killed or injured. highest death toll since the start of the military intervention in yemen. the houthis say the victims were civilians who were forced out of their villages in the past and sought ref umg in refuge in this camp in yemen. say the houthis or the blame. >> we stress we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire, we have no confirmation, this was a refusingrefugee camp. >> targeted houthi fighters, the aim is to prevent them from advancing to the sea port city of aden. ammunition depots, antiaircraft batteries were also hit as was this command center run by the houthis. houthi supporters took to the streets of the capital sanaa to denounce the air strikes. >> this aggression does not effect us. it only increases our determin

the commission condemned this week's violence in aden. >> aqap, i.s.i.l. could be the next armed group to set up base in the country. >> right now yemen is fractured. the shia houthi rebels run most of the north including the capital sanaa. >> the yemeni army controls a large swath of central yemen including the port city of aden. >> aqap, greatest external terror threat to the u.s. and the west. >> for more now we bring in hamid abdel ja jabbar. professor, thank you for joining us. the person in the piece she doesn't believe it was i.s.i.l she believes it was a politically motivated attack. what is your opinion? >> this has the print of i.s.i.l, trying to inflict as many casualties as possible you can see the trace of i.s.i.l. although we don't know that i.s.i.l. had established a base in yemen although they have been saying that. i mean they have some affiliates maybe in the area. but we don't know that they have established a well documented presence in yemen. however, yemen is a fragmented, yemen is weak, disintegrating, it is easy for fighters from i.

in aden itself they're fighting. and they gain the upper hand. >> all right, thank you so much for bringing us the information you have. the deputy editor in chief at the al ayyam newspaper. given the developments we're hearing occurring on the ground, this conflict is going to go on. it's going to be a very tough fight, indeed, to try to push back the houthies into their northern enclave if that is, indeed, the end game of this. >> well, unfortunately, this might be the case. although there is a shorter path to going back to the dial dialogue. it presumably has gone on, but the houthies did not respect. there is a chance today without really agonizing yemenis any further for the houthies to go back to the dialogue table and find a resolution and question of yemen. the conflicts--the situation in yemen is quite complex. thethey'll learn sooner than later unlike how they contained the situation in bahrain that yemen is far more complicated far more armed and a far more violent place. this would be quite a journey and

it happened after intense fighting in aden. this is what it sounded like for those stranded in the international airport thursday. loyalists were accused for the attack. yemen's penalty has based himself in the southern port city and forces loyal to him have regained control of the airport. in tense battles raged between them and fighters who supported the former president. at these skirmishes continued the presidential compound was hit in another part of aden. hadi escaped unharmed. there are reports of an explosion in another province. houthi fighters control sanna and the northern country. they have no power base in the south. in the oil rich province, local tribes are challenging houthi control. more than a dozen tribesman have been killed in in fighting. forces loyal to hadi say they are carrying out military maneuvers to prepare for houthi advances. >> we need to defend ourselves. we hope inning serious will happen. if the enemies want to attack us, we will also attack them. >> we have no confidence in any agreement signe

why did the houthis take their fight to aden? >> the houthis know that the negotiations and talks over the last couple of months have been stalled by allies of hadi and they have gone nowhere. the houthis are set up and feel it's time for them to enforce their decisions whether the political actions agree or not, whether the international community is supporting them or not, and since they have the military and air force under their control, just three days ago, they reassigned 14 new officials to the airport to ensure if any air raids are conducted their orders are not ignored. this is the result of it today as well as yesterday. senior houthi official was assassinated in sana'a so the houthis don't want the war to take place in sana'a but ensuring if there are clashes it will be in aden not in the capitol. >> who is in control of yemen right now? >> in the north, many parts of the north the houthis are in control. the houthis control the majority of the northern army. everything is under their control. now they are very weak in

he said president hadi who's fled from the capitol city sanna to aden should leave the country and go into exile. tell us more about what he said and what he's aiming for muhammed. >> yeah, former president is very clearly aiming for a strong comeback to the political scene. probably he doesn't want to be president again but he has his son. we have seen thousands today rally inside sanna asking for his son to run for president in the next elections in yemen. we have seen also loyalists to him armed the country showing their presence and power. one of them is here in aden, a general who refused hadi's order to move from his post and be replaced. the former president called on hadi to leave the country saying he is inefficient and destroyed the country that he is a separatist and he compared the situation in 1994 when a civil war took place because the south decided to secede. listen to what he expressed. >> the people cannot afford to eat or drink. you have suspended their salaries, broke their livelihoods to stand still investments to a halt, and tourism, too. is this what you call a

we have intensified our attacks north of aden. the fighters feel the heat, and wherever they go, they will target them. >> saudi arabia has said its military campaign will take some time accusing iran of helping the houthies to destabilize the region. >> iran has trained houthies. if they're currently present in yemen they will meet the same fate as the houthies. let me stress we will not allow anyone to provide assistance to the houthis through the air or the sea. >> the oil-rich kingdom is rallying international support. riyadh said that attacks will stop only if houthies pull out of the cities they control and recognize much hadi as a legitimate leader. >> we're not warmonger but when we beat the drums of war we are ready. >> for the time being airstrikes continue across yemen showing no signs of slowing down. there are no indications though, that the saudis will send troops into yemen in the near future. >> al jazeera has been told that a yacht belonging to yemen's ousted president ali abdullah saleh has been smuggled out of t

do you expect them to make a movement pretty soon from ta'izz down to aden? aden? they are not going to go back are they? >> unless there is mediation or peaceful way out of this conflict there is no reason to expect the houthis to stop their way south. they have the backing of the largest contingent of the country's armed forces. iran's role in supporting the houthis really the decisive factor is the yemen military. >> power back for his son so his dynasty would continue, is it as simple as that many can man who wants to see the next generation take over for him or is there a massive sectarian conflict? >> there is lil likelihood for the former president's son to take control in a situation like this. yemenis of all stripes are happy to see the president having gone and there doesn't seem much likelihood of him or his relatives coming back. taillight, we are looking at the potential beginnings of the sectarian conflict in the country. people oftentimes remark that yemen is one of the countries in the region with a relatively limited sectarian tensions but that's i

air strikes targeted sanaa and aden. in sanaa the presidential palace, the police and special forces headquarters have been bombed. attacks were launched on sanaa's airport and nearby decliny air base. in aden alanard air base was targeted. we have seen specific tart there that have been targeted by the saudi coalition. what is behind the military strategy. >> i think it's to weaken and degrade the capability of the houthis, and the yemeni military to topple the president saleh. an air base was destroyed, radar, missile positions, command and control centers. sanaa's airport was hit, and the strong sealed for the houthis was targeted. i think there's a bank of targets, the saudis and they'll destroy, if not already destroyed. if not they'll destroy them in the coming hours or days. >> we are talking about infrastructure that has been affected. you have been to yemen before are the targets near civilian areas, in which civilians could be effected? >> no they are not. main military bases are on the outskirts of sanaa, mayb

go for aden. so we should say congratulations for the iranians. if the saudis don't really understand, the whole situation will not be stable. everybody should know that that this important area. and i know americans may have sold us out but there is oil passing through. will the egyptians be happy about this? i don't know. but it's more of a concern of the saudis and gcc at large. >> we will put your point of the americans selling the yemenis out, they may disagree with that interpretation, but thank you for your views on that subject. >> thank you. >> air crash investigators still don't know have a clue of caused the crash on tuesday. the leaders of france, germany and spain have flown in to show their support. the day's development, the cockpit recorder, badly damaged showing the severity of the impact. the device is now in paris and they say they've been angle to able to recover some information from it. the data recorder is still missing. >> brought together by tragedy the leaders of france, germany and spain arrive in this small town in the

if he's in aden i upset no one with will find out he is there. one official told me he is expected to lead to a g.c.c. country by nightfall. as of nightfall it's unknown, and likely he'll head to riyadh by nightfall. >> tell us again where you are getting this information from, will you? >> i talked to three of his senior aids in aden right now who are with him last night. the preparations were undergoing last night, as well. especially after the houthis may expand - expansions towards an arab air parks that's when they started and when president abd-rabbu mansour hadi met with the defence minister and made him lead the battle himself. as a result, he was imprisoned. as soon as the diplomatic mission in the saudi arabia the u.a.e. and kuwaitie missions evacuated at 7am this morning, president abd-rabbu mansour hadi at that time also hid and went to an unknown location. he has been hiding at the same time that the g.c.c. diplomatic missions in yemen evacuated the country >>> and all the while we are hearing reports of saudi arabia of course the ma

there were fighter jets flown from the eastern province down to aden. obviously, without air power, he is also going to be struggling to defend himself. so who is stronger militarily? it really looks like the houthis and the supporters and synthesizers of saleh are. they have the heavier weapons. they did have the complete control of the air force although, that is now divided. the military still remains divided. but if it came down to an all-out fight, it probably looks like the houthis and saleh. amy: on friday, a journalist asked state department spokesman jeff rathke if the u.s. is worried about yemen collapsing. let's go to rathke's response. courts well, civil war would be a terrible development for yemen, but that is why we believe it is central for all of the parties and groups to avoid unilateral actions, to avoid island -- violence, as i mentioned at the top. that is why we are long with international partners are supporting a yemeni little transition process, political instability is a threat to the well-being of all yemenis. amy: your respon

he then fled to aden and rejected his resignation. they want to hold elections they have powerful friends get help with iran and have relations with the former president of yemen ali abdalla saleh. they consider him to be the main orchestrator of the issue in yemen. now speaking through one of his aids. >> translator: we propose the following initiative, stop the sawedisaudi campaign and an honest return to the negotiating table under the u.n. the dialogue should be moved to uae or any other location. >> that call could be a little late. the houthis were involved in the national dialogue since 2012. they also signed a u.n. backed peace and partnership deal on the same day they controlled sanaa. many accused the group of backtracking on the deals they've signed. the houthis aren't showing many signs of being open to dialogue either. houthi controlled television is running pictures celebrating what they say is a downed coalition drone. they remain defiant. >> translator: we tell the gulf agents and their treacherous agents that we will

. >> abd rabbuh mansur hadi is trying to governor from aden after houthies have taken over sanaa. it was addressed at an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council. shia houthi already control sanaa and the airport and taiz. they are headed to aden where president hadi has taken refuge. >> in yemen it's going from bad to worse. at a meeting at the u.n. security council that was the key message from jamal benoamar. >> yemen is far and away from a peaceful settlement. >> and grave comparisons of what the country is facing. >> and pushing the country in either direction gives the iraq, syria scenario. >> protesters angry that houthi forces arrived in their city, surrounding the barracks of security forces. >> we will refuse deject and denounce these militias. we will surround the police baraks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthies overtook the capital of sanaa and now they're closing in on president hadi and his stronghold in aden. the security council once again called on the houthi to halt their advance. >> the security council condemns the elections unilatera