Yemeni government forces have announced they’re withdrawing from areas near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The move is a major setback for the Saudi-backed campaign against the Houthi rebels, Al Jazeera reported.
A group allied with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighting the Houthis said its fighters pulled out from areas along the Bab al-Mandeb Strait during relentless attacks by the rebel group.
The group, known as the Southern Armed Forces, said it would now focus on securing Yemen’s southern city of Aden, held by the internationally recognised government, as well as trying to break the Houthi siege of the crucial city of Taiz. –Agencies
