Yemen asked for UN intervention

Yemen urged the United Nations to authorize the use of foreign ground troops to repulse Houthi rebel forces, particularly in the city of Taiz and Aden.
The rebels increasingly drove away in both cities despite the Saudi-led military coalition continued to launch air strikes.
Coalition launched air attacks following the letter of Yemen to the United Nations last March, requesting military assistance from Gulf countries.
This time the demand letter also urged human rights monitoring agencies in order to record "barbaric violations offenses" committed the Houthis.
Mentioned in the letter signed by Yemen's UN ambassador Khaled Alyemany, in an event on Wednesday (06/05), at least 32 people were killed while trying to flee from Aden by boat.
According to him, the rebel Houthi "targeting anything that moves" in Aden.
"We urge the international community to immediately intervene with ground forces to rescue Yemen, especially Aden and Taiz," he wrote.Ordinary citizens stuck
The battle was fierce, especially in the district of al-Tawahi, Aden. Here, the rebels did onslaught to take over areas controlled by government supporters.


The international community has expressed concern about many ordinary citizens who get caught up in the fighting.
More than 20 international aid agencies warned that fuel shortages could hamper their steps.
Saudi-led military coalition trying to restore the rule of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is now in exile, but so far have not succeeded in stopping the onslaught Houthi to Aden.
President Mansour Hadi escaped from Sana'a last February and took refuge in Aden, but when the rebel forces entered the outskirts of Aden, last March, he fled to Saudi Arabia.
Since then, according to UN records, more than 640 ordinary citizens were killed.
US Secretary of State John Kerry who arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh Wednesday (6/5) called for a pause of war..