now the targets have been the sanaa national airport the airport headquarters, houthi targets, houthi headquarters, houthi council offices gathering points, anything that's denoted houthi forces even the missile brigade in sanaa is attacked. this is a full scale war in sanaa starting one hour ago. and by morning we will know the damages. we cannot see the damages we cannot leave our house because of fight fall, by early morning sa that will b be different than it was an hour ago. >> are the air strikes continuing as we speak? >> they are nonstop every second and you hear by the second a different location around sanaa. so that's why i said it earlier that the sanaa of the morning will be different than sanaa of last night completely different. all these air strikes for sure will have had results especially since now we have confirmed from the airport that they targeted the yemeni military airport directly, trying to handicap the airport. and have succeeded according to one official we talked to. >> hakem, you say three have been targeting the military airport. what about the main civilian airport? >> they

houthis took control of the capital changed the landscape once and for all i think. houthis became the rising star politically, militarily, but the suspicion towards the houthis also start to the increase, they do have support. i think the effort mats, the houthis are, of course a branch of islam. they represent somewhere between 50, up to 25%. so in terms of numbers, they are not quite big -- they are sizable minority. their support started in the areas where there is traditional houthi presence from the north towards the capital sanaa. then when you leave the capita sanaa south for that support really dwindled. the good thing about this whole conflict if there is anything good about it, given the widal middle east proxy wars, the rising sectarian tensions everything thought this was a shiny-shia clash. however it wasn't the case in yemen. now for the last several months after the houthis took over the capital that sentiment, you can start feeling it. when you go to mosques you see shias as well as the. [ inaudible ] and pray together in the same mosque even if the rebel houthis are controlling the capital. and i think that played -- al qaeda tried to ex-floyd it and p

military vehicles towards the border, especially the border areas with the houthis, yemen, controlled by the houthis. the houthis control the border in sarda and other provinces. they are seeing tight security presence by saudi arabia and the houthis - those we talk to there has been aircraft military aircraft on the saudi side flying above the border to see in case houthis are infiltrating into the territory. >> what is the message that the saudis are sending to the houthis. it sounds like a serious collection of military armaments there massing on the border. saudis are doing - it's precautionary measures. again, remember the - it's 2009 saudi interference in yemen, the war with the houthis, the houthis were - within hours they reached 50km into saudi arabia. they looted the entire military compound and left back to the borders. the houthis have good experience, and are confident, and honestly they want saudi arabia to intervene because it gives them a chance an obstacle to enter the saudi territory. this is what iran wants. >> the situation is clearly fluid in yemen at the moment. thank you very much indeed f

or the houthis, the saudis felt they needed to take some action to get the attention of the houthis and drive a negotiation. >> they certain have gotten the attention. we know that three houthi commanders have been killed in those air strikes. what is the goal of these air strikes. will the houthis be forced back to the negotiating table? will they continue to fight this coalition. >> you know this is not just a struggle between the saudis and the houthis. remember what the houthis are doing now needs to be understood in the context of a complicated political equation in yemen. the houthis, for the current reach depends on the support of the military meaning that they are - depending very much on the alliance of convenience with the former president salah. it's not clear how long this will continue. i suspect that some of their aims are divergent at this point. again, it's - the saudis i think, are trying to create a situation where it - they increase the cost to the houthis of continuing along the current line. i suspect that former president salah has his own objectives in all of this. it remains to be seen how the multiple political equations will play out. i think that u

houthis say the victims were civilians who were forced out of their villages in the past and sought ref umg in refuge in this camp in yemen. say the houthis or the blame. >> we stress we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire, we have no confirmation, this was a refusingrefugee camp. >> targeted houthi fighters, the aim is to prevent them from advancing to the sea port city of aden. ammunition depots, antiaircraft batteries were also hit as was this command center run by the houthis. houthi supporters took to the streets of the capital sanaa to denounce the air strikes. >> this aggression does not effect us. it only increases our determination and our strength because we are a strong people. >> reporter: the coalition says its military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh hand over their weapons and join talks for a political solution to yemen's crisis. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >> denied that the attack led to camp deaths. >> they are always trying ohave what's called a human shield. houthis they are going to places where there is some population, or reservation houses. they are putting their resistance there. also some airplanes coming they are hitting the residential places or refugee camp or whatever. >> with

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houthis targets in yemen. popular protests have continued. mrs. a decent scene which is under houthis control. houthisporters there marched to protest against the strikes. saudi arabia says it has launched the air strikes with the aim of reversing the houthis coupe and destroying the legitimacy. >> abide by this process and become legitimate in yemen politics, or they will not -- they certainly will not be allowed to take over the country. >> operation decisive storm started in the early hours of thursday, saudi arabia said it has launched air strikes against the houthis rebels. with the aim of reversing the houthis coupe and resoaring legitimacy in yemen. reports suggest 100 deaths from saudi arabia and the gulf coalition. >> they have only targeted houthis positions in strategic locations around the country. they say they want to restore the governments at least four other gulf nations have joined the campaign. the united arab emirates say they will send fighter jets for this purpose. egypt has also expressed it's eagerness to join. it has triggered fears but it might be trying to spread it's influe

manage to get through to the houthis the houthis don't necessarily need to be iran's ally because again they are yemeni first and foremost. >> allow do you see the houthis responding to this military operation launched by the saudis? they have said before they would attack saudi arabia if they intervene militarily. >> it seems that the first reactions that we're hearing on the ground are very hostile and are going in that direction. i've been disappointed over and over again with the responses of the houthi militia group. they've had several opportunities to step back and not engage in bloody conflict, to gain popular support on the ground. when we talk about the houthis military, it doesn't mean they won the hearts of the yemeni people. having said that the yemeni people as unhappy as they are with the houthi military presence, nobody wanted outside interference. the repercussions are going to be significant and i cannot see that ending well. >> where is the former president ali ab abdalla saleh in this? >> during the trial that took place march 2013 to january 2014 there was a committee that was designated an assignment of coming up with a transitiona

houthis to the south of saudi borderline. as stated yesterday, part of the operations carried out yesterday, targeted pockets of the houthi fighters. and as you can see, this is one of the targets hit by our forces yesterday. hitting houthier groups to the south of the kingdom of saudi arabia. today the coalition air forces targeted an air base and as you are aware, during sometime the houthis took control of this air base, deployed their fighters intensely. that's why the base was targeted in yesterday's and today's operations. particularly in this situation, we meant to destroy the runway to ensure that the air base is not used by the houthi group. the airstrip was targeted today. in order to prevent the houthi militias from using the air base. today our targets were focused on the movements of the houthi militias between the north and south of yemen, and the governments of supply lines. that's why the coalition forces -- it was essential for the coalition forces to cut off these lines of supply. that's why we targeted one of the bridges intensely used by the houthi groups in moving the supplies and the ballistic missiles. the video shows that this bridge was targeted. as you are aware, as we speak, the houthi militias

success in europe and considering that the houthi leader said that they will possibly boycott these talks? >> the houthis will not boycott the talks. the houthis will boycott the talks if they are not in control. the houthis want to enter the talks powerful and strong and by taking a tour of the airbase this ensures that the houthis goes to the dialogue table as the powerful tide and they can oppose them. this on the other hand will not be accepted by all the factions within the dialogue will not be accepted. they want a country of a transitional experience. under the houthi control. this is where i feel yemen will enter the clashes. they want to control yemen ordering to what they control, the factions that are more powerful that the houthis, but not militarily. so it will be a war between politics mill tansy. they come up with the other hand. >> we'll leave it there. thank you. they must be the editor from yemen. joining us from sanaa. updating us on the latest information that he's getting according to his sources in yemen, and that is that the houthis are actually in aden and close to aden and the defence minister of president abd-rabbu ma

houthis say women and children are among the dead. but witnesses say many killed were fighters and saudi arabia is ahead think the houthis are to blame. >> houthismoved their weapons and fighters to areas where you have civilians and we suppress we do our best to prevents saville crane casualties. wecivilian casualties.we have to confirmation this was a refugees camp. >> reporter: audi air strikes lit up the sky. the target a military base and weapons storage facility. which belongings to the em viny republican guard. the focus isn't just on houthi strong hold is, but also on protecting the port city of aden. it's the main base for president hadi's supporters. air strikes in the south are targeting convoys of reinforcements and what saudi describes as houthi command centers like this one. while coalition forces control the skies navel forces are moving to block yemen's ports in a boyed stop rebel fighters from rearming. teheran denies it is backing the houthis, but yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> translator: there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards that were operating before on the ground. but they are recently started oper

houthies have launched a fresh offensive on the southern city of aden. >> reporter: yemeni tribesmen and shia houthi rebels engage in fierce fighting around the in eastern yemen. many houthi fighters have been killed. the houthis are trying to move through this area to the oil-rich province of marib. but they're not the only ones determined to stop their advance. this attack is by the saudi-led coalition targeting positions around marib. airstrikes have already hit houthi fighters. dozens of houthi fighters have been killed and jets have bombed positions in the northern province of saada considered the houthi's main support base. the saudis have deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. but saudi officials continue to say that there is no plan to send troops, at least for now. >> we will attack for the militias, but there is no major land operation. >> the saudi-led airstrikes seam to be weakening houthi fighters who started to retreat from areas in the south. tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. >> i believe if this military operation had not happened on time the price would have been higher. it came a

houthies houthies. >> as people gather over the mass bombings that killed 137 on friday president hadi appeared on television. he needs to secure the yemenis. >> my job as president is to do this, and to invite all the political pause and components including those who carry out the coup d'etat in order to agree on turn things that will help the targets and goals of our people. >> but negotiations are in trouble. al jazeera has learned the u.n. envoy has left the country. saudi arabia has offered to host peace talks but outy spokesmen say that they will only agree to meetings in sanaa. >> talks in riyadh will lead to more problems. we need to ask what the result of the talks in riyadh. the results in riyadh. who will implement these results? >> with talks on hold, and the houthis on the move the question is whether escalation is inevitable. >> to libya now where a new outbreak of fighting around the capital of tripoli are jeopardizing the peace talks currently taking place in morocco. the government in tibruk has been accused of carrying out airstrikes. these are the latest pictures we're getting near tripoli. the government base there had say they have called for reinforcements and the offensive has been repelled. the u.n. envoy is condemning the violence. >> we've had a decisive moment of the talks and now reaction is as strong as it was in the past. this is not only military activity, which is undermining the situation in libya and preventing the unity fighting terrorism, it we condemn in the strongest terms. >> we're joined now how has this renewed escalation of valence likely to impact efforts to bring violence to anent and reach agreement on unity government? >> well, there is more uncertainty about the future of the political talks in the moroccan capit

houthi houthi positions. the saudis have deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen but saudi officials continue to say that there is no plan to send troops, at least for now. >> we have some concentration of force for the militias, but there is no, let's say major land operation. >> the saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening outy fighters who started to retreat in areas from the south according to local forces. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. >> i believe if this military operation had not happened on time the price would have been higher. it came at a suitable time rand through expert military men. >> the arab league summit has been dominated by yemen's deteriorateing security situation. the saudis and their allies say the airstrikes will continue until the houthis and the opposed president disband their militia. they insist that abd rabbuh mansur hadi, who has pled the country is yemen's legitimate leader. >> earlier this morning we spoke with al jazeera's national security contributor mike lyons who said that they have big implications in the u.s. and the region. >> this is what we thought the middle east would develop to back in the cold warrer cold war era. that's what you're seeing. the fact that saudi arabia is so involved with their airstrikes, it shows you how much they feel the extension existential threat is of having this happening on their border. the way the situation is on the ground right now houthies still control it. the airstrikes are doing classic missions from the air but again if you want to take hold of the ground, you have to put ground troops there. the question is if saudi arabia does that, negotiating the deal with iran on the nukes, which has got saudi arabia concerned. and what will it look like if the deal with iran

houthis. as far as qatar and saudi arabia are concerned, the houthis are seen as bias. they are seen as enemies, rather than supporters of yemen >>> the houthis say it's a yemen problem, and it's rich coming from a group backed by another foreign power, iran. >> absolutely. this is the irony in all of this. the houthis are funded armed, backed by iran and that's why they've managed to get a lot of their military achievement, because of that backing militarily, financial and political support. remember when the houthis took control of the capital. a senior member came out and said this is the expansion and goals of the islamic revolution. clearly they are backed by iran. it's not a matter of accusations, it's a fact. >> stay with us i want to come back to you on an issue a little later. the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. said the operation is not limited to a specific part in yemen. air strikes targeted sanaa and aden. in sanaa the presidential palace, the police and special forces headquarters have been bombed. attacks were launched on sanaa's airport and nearby decliny air base. in aden alanard air base was targeted. we have seen speci

houthi rebels. the tv said this is what is left of part of this distribute in sanaa. the houthi controlled channel says there has been civilian casualties, and showed scenes from the local hospital. >> translation: one of my children was killed another went out crying to the nab ours, but didn't come back. the rest of us are injured, and as you can see, in hospital. may god take revenge on them. we are muslim like them. why can't they leave us yemenis to sort out our own problems. >>> 100 planes were led in a military action. they have only targeted houthi militias, the houthis called for people to join protests against the military action. >> hakim al-masmari is the editor-in-chief of the "yemen post," and joins us from sanaa. a frightening couple of hours. >> very worrying. the death toll is clear. the houthis announce that 19 were killed, mostly civilian including a family of five, more than 35 injured, and many others under the rubble. unknown if they are dead or alive. the air strike targeted one air base the air runways that the houthis would use to launch air strikes against saudi arabia. the air force here has been destroyed, and the targets were military aircraft. in deals with military power, the houthis would be targeted by saudi arabia. but according to the officials these targets were not well designed and many of them missed the targets. >> i'll leave it there. the sound quality is not great. thank you for the update from sanaa >>> a columnist for the saudi gazette joins us from jeddah welcome to al jazeera. 2k3w50d good t

houthis deplores the fact that the houthis have not implemented the demands to withdraw their forces from government institutions especially in the capital, sanaa. number 2, another key point, is that the u.n. security council is reaffirming the houthis need to take part in the gcc-brokered peace deal trying to be done. that's something that the houthis have said they do not want to be part of whatsoever. and, number 3, very important, in this draft that we are seeing that has been being circulated that we have they also are going to be saying the security council that they are prepared and ready to take further measures against any party in case of non-implementation of this. but what those measures are, they don't really say. that's the big question mark. clearly this is an attempt by the security council to try to intervene as things go from bad to worse in yemen. >> okay. thank you very much indeed. mohammed kobati an food visor for the former three prime ministers he joins me. to go to the peach of the houthi leader. he firmly is blaming isil and al-qaeda of what he calls an umbrella of tierney. what's your view? >> it's very surprising, you know. he is, you know, the houthi's biggest coalition partner. he has squarely said this

houthi side is very much fractured, as well, is it not? >> yeah, let's remember, the houthis, the language of americanty and majority he, in yemeni context houthis were living in sanna. they have the support of al saleh. they were able to have a good relation with iran because of al saleh. they work on that basically for 10 years. houthis in yemen they, you know, they will there will be an effort to get them onboard in any political process in the future. they will not be out of the game. of course, you know, the taste of defeat will be seen because basically now all yemen has seen houthis as being anti, you know, you know, anti the unity of yemen, anti the -- anti the i would say the identity of yemen and they see them as being,on, since september 2014 when they started the preparation of controlling sanna. there is as real desire in yemen and we saw that, the yemenese sincere in having a government state, because they had worked on this for years now and what happened after the revolution 2011 that houthis benefited on that moment, and they try to redirect the effort to the yemenese toward something serving their own interest. at that moment,

the houthies say the victims were civilians who were forced out of their homes in the past. saudi military officers say the houthies are to blame. houthies have moved their weapons and fighters to areas where there are civilians, and we reply to a source of fire we have no confirmation this was a refugee camp. >> the saudi-led airstrikes targeted movements of houthi fighters in southern areas. the aim was to prevent them from advancing towards the sea port city of aden. ammunition depos and aircraft batteries were also hit as was this command center run by the houthies. houthi supporters took to the streets of the capital of sanaa to denounce the airstrikes. >> this aggression does not effect us. it only increases our determination and strength because we are a strong people. >> the coalition says it's military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers and join talks for the political solution to yemen's crisis. >> and in the past few hours footage has emerged of more airstrikes in yemen. this was in the capital of sanaa. military officials from both sides of the conflict said that airstrikes were targeting areas east and

houthis. the houthis have sympathy and support of thousands in the country, but the man with the loyalty of the military station is salah. if the saudis continue air strikes against salah and the houthis, we may see development in the coming day. sunnis take advantage of houthis and consolidate the grip in those areas. >>> arab league leaders meeting in egypt expressed solidarity and support for the air strikes. yemen's president said the assault will not stop until the houthis surrender. >> reporter: president abd-rabbu mansour hadi gets the political backing he gets. a rare moment of agreement amongst leaders curbing the rise of the shia houthi fighters. abd-rabbu mansour hadi is now talking tough. >> translation: i call on the operation to continue until the gang surrenders withdraw from occupied lands, leave military bases and lays down arms and returns weapons seized. >> reporter: leading the war against the houthis is saudi arabia. the country was forced to take action to protect yemen. they met with dialogue. we wish we didn't have to take the decision. we stress that the door is opened for all parties, those that want to maintain security and stability, to meet under the umbre

houthis have nothing to do with islam. they follow iran and we are against iran destroying any arab country. we don't want houthis to expand. we are sunnis and houthisre killing sunnis. >> few people here need convincing of jordan's military role unlike the role in the international coalition against the islamic state of iraq in. the levant. it wasn't until they burned a pilot alive they asked for them to be wiped out. >> they feel it could happen to any arab country. most jordanians were not surprised to hear about their country's decision to join the anti-houthi alliance. many believe jordan's security is inseparable from that of 10ud e arabia did's. what some don't understand is their government's recent attempt to improve relations with iran. >> earlier this month, jordan's foreign minister visited the visit was the first in eight years. jordanian jets some described that as the contradictory foreign policy. >> maybe jordan wanted to be early in mending the relationship with iran and which they -- jordan thinks it would allow it to play a greater role in the region. >> some analysts argue that jordan is part of the arab against the houthis as a

houthi advance there. houthi's have entered the city. how tied is the city to the houthi march southwards. >> that is going to be the challenge to invade aden. even in the mainstream media the international mainstream media there are news about houthi's taking over of taiz, but local press are still reporting about a strong resistance by the people and the young people, especially who are still protesting on the street, refusing or rejecting houthi's presence in the city, but it's, i think this, today if whatever will be involved, it's going to be a defining day for who is going to be the winner eventually. >> what about the other or the involvement are other gulf states? they've come out and said look, we support president hadi, but are they likely to intervene militarily perhaps? >> i think yemen needs the international community needs the gulf states, we cannot afford yemen being in more crisis and getting a more deteriorating situation there. i mean, the amount of -- whatever is going on in yemen whether economically, politically or security wise, it's going to affect

houthi commanders have been killed in those air strikes. what is the goal of these air strikes? will the houthis be forced back to the negotiating stable in or will they continue to fight this coalition? >> well, you know, this is not just a struggle between the saudis and the houthis. remember what the houthis are doing right now really needs to be understood in the context of a very, very complicated political equation inside yemen. and the houthis for their current reach depend very much on the support of the military, which means that they are depending very much on this alliance of convenience with former president salah. it's not clear just how long this is going to continues. i spus text sp*ebgt huh some of their aims are divergent at this point. so again it's the saudis are think are trying to create a situation where they increase the cough to the houthis of continually along the current line. i suspect that former president sal los angeles hassalah has his own objectives and remains very much to be seen how those multiple political equations will play out. but i think that ultimately we'll have to get to negotiations. >> i wants to pick on your counter terrorism expertise now. we also know that the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula operate in southern yep

houthi sources that you've been talking to. houthis are not taking it seriously. they had a war with saudi arabia in '09. i was personally involved in the peace agreements between saudis and the houthis. the houthis entered 50km into saudi territory within six ours. the houthis are confident that the saudi arabia government cannot stop them that's why they are threatening if saudi arabia intervenes and attacks yemen. they will not be set aside, and they'll enter saudi arabia to retaliate >>> and is there advance towards the southern town of aden the city of aden is their advance continuing, or is this likely to give them pause for thoughts. may they slow down in their advance to the president? >> their advances were halted last night. they have quick advances yesterday afternoon, yesterday morning, when they tried to surround or enter the south through three different angles. one through a large one through taiz. so these angles were going or escalating quickly until yesterday at 7:00p.m. when the military intervened and halted the progress. then the next step was to push them back. right now. abd-rabbu mansour hadi forces are taking the houthis out of the province. we expect escalat

houthis. the houthis remain defiant. >> what do they expect us to do, surrender, announce our defeat? act like cowards? what do they expect, collapse overnight, walk away? absolutely not. >> the houthis say there have been civilian casualties, showing pictures of houthi supporters out in the streets which has been under the group's control since last september. they're not the only ones on the streets. this crowd in the city of taiz was in favor of the strikes. >> we are about to start preparing for the upcoming conference in riyadh. as far as we are concerned, the door is still open for dialogue. all that is happening now is before a dialogue of equals. >> yemen has been unstable for years. the houthis with the support of iran have been expanding their territory outside their traditional base in the north. they force said the government out of the capitol sanna then last week, bombings in sanna killing houthi leaders. isil claimed responsibility for the attack, and the houthis responded, attacking aden at the south, a city where the overthrown government was trying to regroup. president adou rabbo mansour hadi is now in saudi arabia. the alliance has been endorsed by arab league nat

houthis. the shia houthis have been in control of sanaa since october. now the houthis are continuing their advance beyond the capital and getting closer to the president. but they say they're not after the leader. they insist they're fighting religious armed groups. in the province of mareb tribal leaders tell al jazeera they're managing to keep the houthis out. >> translator: the tribes are so peaceful that this gang of houthis have pulled us into war we will not leave our province even if they kill us all. >> reporter: with no success so far the daily battles continue in the mountains. >> translator: we are defending our land, our country. >> reporter: the houthis are saying the vaim thing. thesame thing. the warring sides are scheduled to go to qatar. jacky rowland, al jazeera yemen. >>> surveillance planes, flights and intelligence gathering started on saturday at the request of the iraqi government. it's the first time the coalition has assisted with the offensive in tikrit which started earlier this month. iraqi security forces are on the outskirts waiting to mak

houthi shia positions. airstrikes continued in other parts of the country. dozens of houthi fighters were killed and jets bombed positions in the northern province of saada, considered the houthi main support base. the sers along the border they he share with yemen but saudi officials say there is no plan to send troops at least for now. >> we are using it to attack some force but there is no major land operation. >> the saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters who have started to retreat from areas in the south according to local sources. sunni tribesman are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. >> i believe if this military operation had not happened on time, the price would have been higher. it came as a critical and suitable time through expert military men. >> the arab league summit has been dominated by yemen's deteriorating security situation. the sawed say the airstrikes will continue until the deposed presidential saleh abandon their positions. they insist that adou rabbo mansour hadi is yemen's leader. >> you reported extensively from yemen. first give us an update what you're hearing on the situation on the ground, in parti

houthis know that. the houthis say that the airports -- the saudi airport has been very active on the border area and has been moving there very swiftly and according to the houthiswell the military [ inaudible ] send hundreds if not thousands of forces there and are planning to build six new military compounds near the yemeni border area especially areas controlled by the houthis. the three provinces will seesawdy military compounds, new -- and thousands of forces will be taken there to secure the border with yemen. >> just a final thought from you, with this rapid houthi advance southward it is making a political solution even more difficult, isn't it? >> as of right now the houthis will have the upper hand. the gcc backed president is now powerless. the gcc ambassadors also left the country. there will be talks but any talks the houthis will not accept being just a member of these talks, but rather a decision maker, and this is what the political factions will refuse, and this could spark the link of a new [ inaudible ] between the iran and yemen situation. >> let's go to aden now and talk to a human right's activist. conflicting reports about what is going on

houthis. >> what the houthis said that that initiative was not sincere, asking them to come to riyadh to talk. >> you are right. nor that reason there was a second initiative the u.n. initiative. is for a dialogue, and that was rejected by the houthis. the houthis marched on the ground towards aden. crossing the red lines for saudi arabia and tried to control the area. so for that reason saudi arabia was left with only one option is to respond, so that was expected and saudi arabia was warning about this intervention. however, i don't think, you know, a military solution will be there for this conflict. eventually parties will have to settle on negotiations and have to talk. the houthis, in this case will have to talk. very have rejected all calls for talks. this is what caused the situation at this level. >> there are analysts that say that these air strikes will help al qaeda in yemen and i.s.i.l. what do you think? >> i don't think saudi arabia things too much about al qaeda or i.s.i.l. in yemen. there's the houthis, and forces taking control of yemen. saudi arabia needs to stop that. whatever the consequences we'll deal with it. i don't think this will help al qaeda or i.s.i.l. because there is it any al qaeda or i.s.i.l. they

houthis, the houthi response to science. >> translator: what do they expect us to do surrender and announce defeat to act like cowards, what do they expect from us collapse overnight and walk away absolutely not. >> reporter: houthihters are not the only ones hit houthis say dozens of civilians killed in the strikes on thursday and during the day they showed pictures of supporters out in the capitol of sanaa which they held since last year and they are not the only ones on the streets. this rally was taken out in favor of strikes. yemen has been unstable for years, all the while the houthis with the support of iran have been expanding the territory on the base of the north and january they fought the government out of the capitol. last week this bombings at two shia mosques in sanaa killing leaders and i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility and he is in saudi arabia and recognized by the saudi-led coalition and world powers as the legitimate elected leaders and has been endorsed by nations with a unified military force to face growing growing regional threats. this is seen as a message against iran's increasing influence in the region but for the people caught in the conflict hopes of a peaceful solution are dwindling,

houthis. mohamed vall has the latest. >> reporter: this is a show of support for the saudi arabia-lead air strikes on the houthi rebels. the city fell to houthisarlier this week. popular protests like these against their presence have continued. but there's a different scene in the capitol sana'a which is under houthi control. houthi supporters there march to protest against the strikes. saudi arabia says it has launched the air strikes in yemen with the aim of reversing the houthi coup and restoring legitimacy. >> abide by the process, or they will not -- but they certainly will not be allowed to take over the country. >> reporter: operation decisive storm started in the early morning hours of thursday. they have the aim of reversing the houthi coup and restoring legitimacy in yemen. reports suggest 100 jets were involved in the air strikes. the saudis say they have only targeted houthi military positions in strategic locations around the country. they say they want to restore yemen's deposed government. at least four other gulf nations have joined the campaign. they say they have sent fighter jets to saudi arabia for this gurp. egypt has als

houthis. has publicly denied they are supporting the houthis. we started to see rain admitting collaboration or support to the houthis, it gives us a serious indicator into how far rain can go in supporting houthis which is, in my view will not be a direct reynie intervention in yemen, and the saudis will have the time to fight and to deal with the houthis on this ground. >> those in the coalition - you have cooling relations between egypt and kata. >> egypt in the coalition and pakistan. this is a successful coalition, that's how they were to put together in a short period of time. pay attention, here is important. so the rest and you have pakistan, which is the involvement of pakistan gives a lot of interpretation to what is going on. which pakistan is not an arab country. it's a nuclear aspect of tack tan. also keep in mind that pakistan has a shia minority. which is an important factor. >> what do you make of u.s. foreign policy. you have the u.s., in rain in iraq and then you have the help, the assistance with saudi arabia, as far as yemen is concerned. it seems like a conflicting policy. >> the u.s. poll see in yemen has been disappointing. fo

houthi targets what can the saudi-led coalition say that it achieved so far? >> they say basically they damaged houthi command centers, communication centers and fighter jets. now they are moving we can see a trend moving to a new stage which is basically own suring that the houthis't move or advance and aiden and this is why yesterday the houthi positions in idlib to prevent sending reenforcements to aiden. i think saudis will continue the campaign and they have intelligence gathering, the houthis have been sealy under minded and they will call all parties for political dialog. >> thank you very much indeed our correspondent. let's go to our other main story of course and that is the situation regarding the deal with iran where diplomates are working really hard to try to reach that deal on iran's nuclear future hours before the self-imposed deadline expires and they have been meeting in switzerland and our diplomatic editor james is there and the count down begins in earnest. what is the feeling like there at that fancy hotel behind you? >> reporter: well the negotiations have been going on literally around the clock, officials working around the clock. the first big meeting of all foreign ministers early and met after 7:00 a.m. local time here a meeting of the

resolution for houthis to withdraw their forces from the capitol and other areas, and they want consequences for the houthis if they don't do that. wayn't that to extend sanctions beyond the two houthi who are already seeing sanctions against them. they want to expand that. they also want an arms embargo, the ability to searchships headed for yes men that could be carrying weapons and so on. the devil is always in the detains here when you are talking about the security council and action. the security council recognizes president hadi as the legitimate leader of the country, but russia has been strongly opposed to the saudi military action in yemen, and so this dynamic could make problems in reaching an agreement on an text here in the u.n. security council. we know that these are just preliminary talks at this point. there does not seem to be a hard and fast draft, and elected members sell us they have not been brought into the discussion as of yet. a vote -- is in discussion but does not seen 'em -- seem 'em next. >> as far as france is concerned, we have expressed our support to the legitimate president of yemen, because we cannot -- i mean the international community cannot acc

houthi spokesman said that they'll provide yemen with enough oil to last a year. the houthi's say that the pledge of support will boost the economy and bilateral relations. a spokesman for the exiled government said that the only ones getting a boost from this deal are the houthis. >> the iranian interference is merely about military support to some militia or militia groups. iran has then supported any country economically. the most important point hire is the yemeni daily consumption of oil. iran cannot afford that kind of money. >> it follows the the announcement of direct flights between the two countries for the first time. the yemeni government fears future flights will also bring more weapons to armed the houthies. yemenis continue to protest the houthi power grab, a new coalition has been normed in sanaa to fight the coup. it's called the national alliance for rescue. the president is in aden clinging to power as yemen appears to be slipping towards civil war. >> let's cross over to yemen to the editor of the yemen post. how divided the country itself is, what has been the reaction from the announcement of this new coalition? >> divided like never before. this decision is very fluent actual and reminds us of the the 2011 arab up rising. it has the simil

houthi-led positions in yemen for a sixth consecutive night. 40 have been killed after a camp was hit. the houthis say the saudi arabia led coalition bombed the camp killing women and children. while the camp used to be home to hundreds of families it's occupied by houthi fighters. saudi arabia is investigating the report. elsewhere the strikes have hit several provinces including the stronghold of asada. saudi arabia says it's completed a blockade of yemen's ports. >> reporter: these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest saudi arabia led air strikes so far. this was a camp in the north, for those fleeing the violence which gripped yemen for more than a decade. women and children are among the dead. witnesses say many killed were fighters, and saudi arabia is adamant the houthis were to blame. >> houthis moved to areas where there are civilians. we do our best to prevent civilian casualties we have no confirmation this was a refugee camp. >> reporter: saudi-led air strikes hit nine provinces, including sanaa. air strikes lit up the sky. a target a military base and weapons storage facilities belonging to the yemeni republican guard. the focus is not just on the stronghold, but protecting the port city of aden the main base for abd-rabbu m

houthis. women and children killed and more people wounded. look at the south of the country. aden, this is the last stronghold of president hadi. houthi is closing in there. the war ships shelling the road coming into the town to cut the houthis houthis off. aden may be the place if a ground offensive is placed it could come from there. yesterday, in a displaced person's camp close to the saudi border according to red cross officials and doctors without borders, they say 29 people or up to 40 people killed there. saudis say the houthis rebels are hiding and may have shot at the aircraft. >> nic robertson, thank you. >>> jay-z wants you to drop spotify and subscribe to his music service. what will it cost you? look at the lineup of people who want to keep more of their music money. we have that after the break. le a er wouldn't e your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, a leader in identity theft protection?

houthis and the government. houthi rebels and saudi arabia are blaming each other. a humanitarian worker says there were many fighters among the casualties. >> houthis have moved their weapons and fighters to areas where you have civilians. we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire. >>reporter: doctors without borders says the injuries of the women and children suggest there was an air strike. >> in the camp there are a lot of civilians still. in the camp there are hundreds of women and children and i don't know i could not tell you if there are fighters inside. but for sure most of the people who are there are civilians. >>reporter: the war in the arab world's poorest country is hurting people already suffering. 14.7 million yemenis need humanitarian aid. 10.6 million don't have enough to eat. and only about after of the $596 million in promised humanitarian aid has actually been received. the coalition says it's making progress with the air strikes. at least nine provinces including the capital have been hit. coalition forces are also advancing by sea to try to control the ports. witnesses tell al jazeera houthi f

houthi coup. the latest on the houthi advance. >> reporter: it shocked many people that houthis have advanced this far south. ta'izz yemen's third largest city, especially the locals. every day this week, they've taken a stand chanting for the rebels to leave. >> translator: we swear that we'll drive out all houthis from ta'izz and teach them a lesson they'll never forget. >> reporter: houthi fighters applied with gun fire and tear gas. many were killed, many more injured. many of the shooters wore police uniforms. other reports say the internal security officers themselves, the ones meant to be keeping the peace, have joined the houthis. these forces are said to be loyal to yemen's long time ruler ali abdalla saleh out saleh ousted in the uprising and appear to be backing the houthis, people are no longer sure who they can trust. the houthi group has morphed from a small military unit into a larger force. in september it took over the capital sanaa. president abd rabbu mansour hadi escaped to the south. and it's in the south that most of the fighting is taking place right now. this is the kmer ar

the houthi problem goes back at least 10 years, before the iranians knew there were houthis, before they recognised the houthis, because for theo logical reasons it's different. the problems in the south go back a long title. they are problems of yemeni governs, questions of economic development, and are quintessentially a yemen problem. there are outside players, primarily saudi arabia and iran who are turning this into something of a proxy war, and, of course, you have al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. what you have are three players more who are taking advantage of an inherently weak yemen and all the political vacuums to play out there own battles. it's not the first time for yemen. >> when you talk about the united states having a role from outside as this continues to roll out. do you have to have somebody to talk to? if you are at the west asia desk in state, and you pick up a phone, do you have to know there's going to be someone at a phone on the other end whose word means something. >> it makes it much easier. and i think this is one of the problems. we don't know who we are talking do. we work wit

houthis protestors marched on thursday after the strikes. earlier this week, popular protests like those against their reasons have continues. there's a different scene which is under houthis control. houthisers march to protest against the strikes. saudi arabia says it has launched the air strikes with the aim of reversing the houthis coupe and resoaring legitimacy. >> the choice is very similar abide by this process and become legitimate players or they will not -- but they certainly will not be allowed to take over the country. >> operation decisive storm started in the early hours of thursday. saudi arabia says it has launched air strikes with the aim of reversing the coupe and resoaring legitimacy. reports suggest 100 jets from the gulf coalition were involved in the air strikes. they say they want to restore the government. at least four other nations have joined the campaign. the united arab emirates. say they are isn't fighter jets to saudi arabia for this purpose. egypt has also expressed it's certainness to join. the middle of nuclear attacks has announced sup bort from the saudi led action. it has created what the white house calls a joint planning cell to coordinate the militar

houthis have taken part of yemen by force holding the president in sanna until he fled to the southern port city of aden last month. there have been protests against the houthis in recent days, including in taiz city, the houthis called for people to join in mass protests against the airstrikes. >> one of the pilots of the crashed germanwings jet was reportedly locked out of the cock pit before the plane went down. the plane was flying from barcelona to dÜsseldorf when it crashed into the french alps. investigators are combing the mountainside for the remains of the passengers and crew who died. there is a staging post for crash recovery crews before i ask you you about the recovery process, charlie, what are you hearing about the fact that one of the pilots was outside of the cockpit when the plane went down? >> well, this has been a leak from a senior military official, supposedly close to the investigation and it came via "the new york times." he's referring to an audio file recovered from one of the black box recorders that contained the voice recorders from the cockpit. that's being analyzed in paris. in the leak, he said he heard what was recorded in the cockpit, conversation very normal very calm betwee

houthis in recent days, clad be in taiz city. al jazeera. >> live now to yemen. these are protests in sanna right now by houthi supporters. the houthis of course are backed by iran, who's foreign minister has called for an immediate end to the military intervention. >> military action, especially military action from outside yemen will bear no result but the flood she had and massacre of the people of yemen. it's all necessary for military action to end as soon as possible and dialogue toward reaching a solution. we believe the actions can only plunge the region into turmoil and have no fit for any of the countries which enter into such actions. >> a retired jordanian general joins us now live. good to have you with us. let's start first of all with what's been achieved. what exactly has been hit by the sawed led airstrikes so far? >> in fact, the main targets which it's belonged to a military barracks, the -- some airports, then some command and control spots which belong to houthis and al saleh and i think the first air raised achieved some of their goals and it that to be continued to achieve the main goals and that goal, it has t

and the houthis wanted to take revenge against those who led the wars against the houthis and fought under saleh. the end game is to create kay chaos, to have the houthis involving and grow their military and political power. saleh's aim was to create havocker chaos in order to have the government toppled and then perhaps holding elections in which he thinks his son who used to head the republican guards probably would win. so i think that's the end game for saleh and the houthis. however, we saw some differences between them. because when they surrounded the presidential palace in january saleh wanted to have the resignation of the president hadi to go through parliament. because the parliament was under his grip. the houthis wanted to establish a presidential council to rule yemen. so this is the differences that happen between the two. and everybody was thinking when the clash between saleh and the houthis would stop. >> all right. now, we have been talking about the i internal strive in yemen and we have seen the houthis reject peace negotiations. saying that this is a yemen problem that has to be solved by yemeni i said he fierce the shia crescent

. >> saudi arabia air strikes against the tutssy rebel -- houthis houthis rebels. they are providing leg gist cal and intelligence reports. they are joining the fight to take tick crete from isis. that means fighting along side the iranians bombing isis positions in the city following a slow down of the offensive by iraqi troops and iranian backed mal militias while they confirm it by iraqi troops they side step all of the questions about iranian involvement. >> and now to current weather. one person is dead after tornadoes ripped through tulsa, oklahoma. homes totally destroyed trees ripped from the ground. other parts of the state seeing tornadoes as well and also in arkansas. >> maria molina is tracking the storms. a lot of people in moore oklahoma, what is the latest on the ground? >> good morning heather and ainsley. good to hear you voices. hello everyone at home. parts of texas, oklahoma and parts of the centrral plains. there were 100 reports of severe weather from texas to missouri and sadly one fatality in oklahoma near tulsa. that was the one we happened

houthis force the president to flee the capitol iran has found a willing partner. a houthi delegation has just returned from a two-week mission from russian with an economic aid package. a spokesman said that iran is pledging to expand a port, help build power plants and provide yemen with enough oil to last a year. the houthis say that the pledge of support will boost the economy and bilateral relations. a spokesman for the exiled government said that the only ones getting a boost from this deal are the houthis. >> the iranian interference is merely by support between militias and militia groups. iran has not supported any country economically. the most important point here is the yemeni $8 million consumption of oil. i think iran cannot forward afford that kind of money. >> it comes with the direct the announcement of a direct flight. the yemeni government fears future flights will also bring more weapons to arm the houthis. yemenis continue to protest the houthi's power grab. a new coalition has been formed in sanaa to fight the coup. it's called the national alliance for rescue, and the president is in aden clinging to power as yemen appears to be flipping towards civil war. al jazeera. >> well, editor of the yemen post in the capitol of sanaa says that there has been a mixed reaction to this new coaliti

houthis start to expand. military leaders are opposing the houthis. and opposing could lead to clashes between the military in tiaz and the houthis. according to the houthi officials, they informed me that if the military in tiaz does not cooperate, they are ready to enter the province. we'll see if the houthis can escalate. >> we know that there are attacks. we don't know where the president is. houthis could be facing up to the military. where are they in all of this. >> right now the president is in a deep hole. he has houthis to worry about. a escaped over the last week alone. because of worries that is why hundred of photos were led to leave and lead against al qaeda. >> there's so many players in yemen, not only inside the country, but those on the outside. saudi arabia and iran. where are they in all of this? >> it was failed halted. three months of talks were useless. iran wants its ally to insist this has resulted into chaos. there's no deal and it could be used as an entire region as a whole. >> talking us through the dramatic events under way. to libya where the head of the tripoli government has declared troops loyal to

houthis out. >> translation: the tribes are so peace. and this gang of houthis agreeinged us into law -- dragged us into law. we will never leave the province. >> houthis offered to negotiate, but with no success so far, the daily battles continue on the mountains. >> we are defending our land our country. >> the houthis are saying the same thing. the warring side were slated to go to qatar in a few weeks for talks. with fast-moving event in yemen, the situation could deteriorate more than then. >> fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. are claiming responsibility for a double suicide bombing in libya. >> two cars packed with explosives drove into benghazi two armed governments and military are competing for power. the united nations presented its proposal aimed at resolving the crisis details about what could be a landmark deal against the factions including making the tobruk based house of representatives. it's a major victory, and they are calling for the formation of a government of technocrats. an interim government would look after the country during a transitional agreement. >> a deal will not move forward unless the tripoli-based government feels some of i

houthis if they can no longer rely on the support of former president and indeed his family where does that leave them? >> has two options, turn against the houthis to be able to win the support of the saudis or stay in alliance with the houthishouthis have very few options as we speak because they were surprised by the magnitude of the military option and what they can do is either retreat, sorry to the power base or stretch their fighters in different parts of the country to survive the air strikes. >> thank you. now vote counting underway in the presidential election and incumbent president goodluck jonathan facing a challenge from a former military leader. thousands of people have been taking to the streets, on sunday in particular they were alleging venting irregularities in one state, the oil-producing river state and we have more from the capitol abuja. >> reporter: after 15,000 opposition supporters protested outside the electoral commission offices in the court in the oil-rich southern region. they say they didn't get a chance to vote on saturday because electoral materials and results sheets never arrived and the boss is investigating what happened there as well as alleged under age voting into the state. and they s

under the umbrella of the houthis because he wants to avoided some more international sanctions for him or his supporters. that's why he is using the houthis or using the houthis the meanwhile houthiss are using his huge support military support logistic support, and even his so credit. the yemen national security department, are using all of this information, about the officers and the high erans in the army, in the police so now they are having a very good like information about each one, he is playing the major role in this conflict. >> so the houthis even though they are a minority, they are a major fighting force they only make off third of the population, but because of the support that they get, from the former president and his allied militias and the very security departments they could with stand this let intervention. >> can you still hear me? >> repeat the question. >> yeah, sorry. for a service long question, can the houthis given all you were telling me and portions loyal to him can they houthis with stand this let intervention. >> well, i think with his support. they went in part -- they are now with the adan, but i think from what i heard today