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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Shiite rebel leader in Yemen is vowing not to surrender amid Saudi-led airstrikes in a speech that rejected U.N. efforts to halt violence there, even as the political party of the country's former leader welcomed international efforts for a cease-fire.
The speech Sunday by rebel leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi (HOO'-thee) offered signs of cracks appearing in his alliance with Yemen's one-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh. However, his speech signaled no sign of his rebels backing down from their offensive and forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (HAD'-ee) into exile.
Security officials say pro-Hadi forces have now regained control of part of the Aden coastline that had been held by the rebels.
Meanwhile, the United Nations says Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund completely a $273.7 million appeal for emergency aid to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe inside Yemen and is calling for pauses in the fighting so aid can be delivered.
On Sunday, the aid group Oxfam says an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit one of its storage facilities in northern Yemen.
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