Yemen's Houthis seized an army base overlooking a key shipping lane in the Red Sea, while Saudi Arabia said its bombing campaign has contained the rebel advance toward the port of Aden.
The Houthis on Tuesday took over the Bab al-Mandab base, near the strait of the same name that's a major commercial waterway, according to Mahfouz Ahmed, a soldier at the facility. He said brigade commanders ordered troops to hand weapons to the Houthis, who started setting up anti-aircraft artillery around the base.
Saudi Arabia has assembled a coalition of Sunni Muslim countries to carry out airstrikes against the Houthis and restore President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi to power. Hadi was driven out of the capital, Sana'a, by the Shiite rebels last month, and then fled his last stronghold in Aden as the Houthis continued to advance.