Saudi-backed fighters battle to extend gains in Yemen's Aden

Yemeni fighters backed by Saudi-led air strikes battled to take back northern suburbs of Aden from Houthi opponents on Tuesday, residents said, a day after completing their capture of the center of the strategic port city. Assisted by the air strikes, local anti-Houthi forces broke months of stalemate in Aden last week by suddenly seizing the airport and then driving the Houthis out of their last redoubt in the west of the city. Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's war on March 26 in an effor