SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Pro-government Yemeni forces battling Shiite rebels say they have taken control of a military base in the country’s south, a key facility seized by rebels earlier on in the crisis and that had once housed U.S. intelligence operations.
A statement signed by the Defense Ministry announced the “liberation of Al-Anad military base,” thanking the Saudi-led coalition that has been targeting the rebels, known as Houthis, in an air-campaign since March. Ministry officials and military leaders from the exiled government in Saudi Arabia are in the southern city of Aden, and the statement was issued from there.