they were met with strong resistance from fighters loyal to president abdula mansura abdula mansura hadi. in the district fierce battles, aden has become the center of this war. parts of the city have now been without water or electricity for two days. there are fears of a growing humanitarian crisis. >> we had random shellings by houthis on homes, civilians, and i feel like the humanitarian crisis in aden is getting worse by the hour. we wish that there were compressions between the houthis so that we can pass by with medical supplies. the houthis along with their allies fighting back. the report is on their list of targets. >> the situation now is stable and the houthi rebel fighters and security and the popular committees are fighting off the extremist group in the district of aden and are currently completing the cleanse. god be praised, they were graduate vict odors. >> the spokesman for the sawedudi saudi-led coalition says they were retreating the houthi convoy of trucks heading to aden. the houthis concluded. the tactic is that they don't have -- it's more of a shore of force. th

abdula. i was really nervous. and i was thinking, this will surely work. work, because my mother was dying. mr. abdula didn't like me. every time that i spoke to him, he had a look of disdain on his face. and he -- he just read it. there was no change of expression in his face. and he says, you're not going home. >> what? >> and i said but why am i not going home? i says, my mom is seriously ill. i says, she might die and i need to go home to see her. why won't you let me go home? and he said -- >> there is a case against you. >> i'm not letting you go. he said to me if i wanted to leave saudi arabia, i would need to get a police check. how do i get it? you need to go to the police station and get a letter stating that you don't have any criminal record here. okay. i did say to him, if i get the police check, will you let me go home? and he said, yes, i will let you go home. i had no other choice but to go get the police check to confirm is there a case against me or is there not? oo. no wonder doctors and patients have trusted advil... for their tough pai

they have reportedly regained control of the area taken over by fighters allied to former president abdula sala known to be former members of al-qaeda. the fighting can only worsen the humanitarian conditions of an i am pofshished nation. al jazeera. >> a police station has been attacked in egypt north sinai region. isil says it was behind the attack which reportedly killed 15 people n cairo, on bomb has gone off on a bridge home to many embassies one policeman was killed. it's not clear who is behind that attack. he script has seen increasing levels of violence since president morsi was removed from pour in 2013. >> kenya's interior ministry has revealed that one of the four gunmen in the attack on garissa university was the son of a state government chief. ats easter sunday mass in garissa's catholic church prayers were said for the 148 people killed by al shabaab fighters. the victims had been singled out for being christian. worshippers celebrated under increased security. the university attack is the worst the country has seen since 1998. with the latest let's go live now to catherine

abdula shami, al jazeera. >>> a series of car bombs in and around baghdad have killed at least 18 people. the deadliest in a busy commercial area in the city center. the neighborhoods of amil baya were targeted. certainian government airstrikes have killed dozens of people across idlib. the attacks started at a time strategic town of alzgur. after days of battling it out, rebels entered the time for the first time since the four-year-old war began. also in idlib, they bombed the town of darkush. south of idlib, an armed rebel group is in control of four villages in the countryside. the u.n. chief ban ki moon is urging not to react to resort to military action. he made the comments as navy vessels prepare to sail where many migrants depart. the libyan coastguard has been monitoring waters. al jazeera's hodr hamyd is aboard one of their ships. >> it's usually around sunset that they sail off in search of migrants at sea patrolling the libyan coastline. >> the same way the european union assisted italy, it should assist us. there should be cooperation as we don't care for the means to deal

abdula didn't like me. every time that i spoke to him, he had a look of disdain on his face.d it. there was no change of expression in his face. and he says, you're not going home. >> what? >> and i said, but why am i not going home? my mom is seriously ill. i says, she might die and i need to go home to see her. why won't you let me go home? and he said -- >> there is a case against you. >> i'm not letting you go. he said to me that if i wanted to leave saudi arabia, i would need to get a police check. >> how do i get it? >> you need to go to the police station and get a letter stating that you don't have any criminal record here. okay. i did say to him, if i get the police check, will you let me go home? and he said, yes, i will let you go home. i had no other choice but to go and get the police check to confirm is there a case against me or is there not? scott: appears buster's been busy. man: yeah, scott. i was just about to use the uh... scott: that's a bunch of ground-up paper, lad! scotts ez seed uses the finest seed, fertilizer, and natural mulch that holds water so y

asking for this because if you get these rebels houthi and the former dictateor deposed sergeant ali abdulahe saudi and arab intervention is welcomed across yemen apart from houthis and those people who have been ruling yemen over 1,000 years, a very small constituency which does not represent 10%. >> i wanted to pin you down on the numbers. the houthis are a minority based in the north of yemen. what support do they have among the yemeni population? >> it's obvious that the yemen was going to be in the new constitution agreed there would be six regions. the houthi only have consistency in the northern highlanders in the north where even the zadis are against them. these people are trying to, to side with the former dictator to bring ball the rule of the former royalists who were at one time were sided by the saudis but find themselves against the saudis. >> aden looked different to the rest of yemen. what do you make of the fact that the houthis were able to get there despite a week of saudi coalition airstrikes? >> as i said on the previous bullet these people never actually infiltrated i