UAE, Saudi planes bring aid to Aden

aden — Two airplanes, one Emirati and one Saudi, landed in Aden on Friday, bringing humanitarian aid to the southern Yemeni city only hours after its airport came under rocket fire from rebels.

They bring to four the number of aircraft to arrive in the port city since the symbolic reopening of the airport on Wednesday, after nearly four months of fighting.

The Emirati plane, which landed at dawn, brought medical supplies from the UAE Red Crescent, an airport official said.

The Saudi aircraft, which arrived at midday, brought medication for cancer patients.

A vital supply artery for wartorn south Yemen, the airport came under fire from the Houthi rebels on Thursday as a Saudi plane was unloading humanitarian aid onto the tarmac.

Overnight, rocket attacks on Aden killed three people and wounded 57, said Al Khader Laswar, a health official in the city.

The rockets were fired from north Aden, where the Houthi rebels still have a presence after being driven out of most of the city by fighters loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes on Houthi positions in the area during the night, said a tribal source.

Elsewhere, coalition warplanes struck rebel positions in Omran, north of the rebel-held capital Sanaa, and Dhamar in central Yemen, according to residents.