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                Saudi-Led Airstrikes Continue in Yemen's Capital

   by VOA News

   Airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition continued overnight and into
   Monday in Yemen following a pledge by Arab leaders to press their
   military campaign until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels surrender.

   Warplanes targeted the capital, Sana'a, and other areas on the fifth
   day of airstrikes in support of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who
   asked for help last week saying the Houthis had rejected efforts for
   peace.

   The Houthis took over Sana'a in September and in recent weeks pushed
   south to the port city of Aden, where Hadi fled to last month in order
   to try to govern.  He left Yemen for Riyadh last week.

   Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said Sunday that Hadi's
   "legitimate government" must be restored.

   "We need to take the necessary steps to confront them and we have seen
   this done practically as Yemen was sliding into chaos," Elaraby said as
   an Arab summit ended Sunday in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.

   Leaders at the summit also agreed to create a joint Arab military force
   to deal with security threats and terror groups in the region.  The
   details must still be worked out in a process that is expected to take
   months.  Previous attempts to create a unified command in the divided
   Arab world have failed.
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