in the beginning they were doing a greaton. the problem started when it was thought that the president of the houthis was thought to be promoted as a militia group, using them as a powerful element. no one accepted that. from that point we had a lot of disghts. disghts. -- disagreements. we started to have problems. we welcomed ismail ould chekh ahmed as the new advisor and will work well with him, and cooperate and support efforts. there's no end to the fighting we have a report on the latest violence. >> reporter: on the offensive and pushing forward. they continue to make gains in aden. they destroyed a tank. joins made and lead to the defection and surrender of 50 sold yers formerly loyal to the post president, an ally of the houthis. opponents to the houthis suffered losses, three of their fighters killed in a battle with the airport, forcing their enemies to retreat. video emerged of residential areas targeted by shelling. homes in the area of aden were destroyed. the saudi arabian-led coalition pounds the houthis and all