Loyalists battle rebel holdouts in Yemen's Aden
Yemeni loyalist forces said they advanced yesterday into the last district of the southern port city of Aden still held by Iran-backed rebels, seeking to flush out the remaining insurgents.
Fighters from the pro-government Popular Resistance "have regained control of most of al-Tawahi district," including the presidential residence, said spokesman Ali Ahmehi.
The southern fighters also pushed the Shiite Huthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh out of the region's military headquarters and the naval base, he told AFP.
"A wide combing operation is under way to flush out" rebel holdouts, he said, adding that remaining insurgents had taken positions on several rooftops.
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