nearby con pound where president hattie was staying the palace was bombed by fighter jets. this is just a month after he fled house arrest, and attempted to threing again. in many ways this is a battle between two rival groups but between two men. >> forces loyal to president hattie retake the airport from special forces loyal to the former yemen president. it was a short but tough battle lasting four hours. with passenger planes within range of the bullets they had refused to give up their arms and fortify themselves and than retake the airport. the fighting got so intense, that it was shut down and they are taken baaing to the terminal. forces loyal then defeated them and surrounded them. the chief of the post says more violence like this inevitable. >> it is expected that the houthies are now in control of the north, they now want to make sure that the clashes of fights are happening in aidan rather. so they are taking the fight directly. >> later on thursday, an unidentified war plane hit the base. and according to his aid he unharmed. he fled last month. he insists he

he has called on hattie to leave the country he described him as inefficient he said eh destroyed thentry, he said he is a separate zest he should leave, he compelled the situation now to 1994, when a civil war took place, because they decided to secede, and listen now to some of the justifications expressed for what has gone on. >> the people cannot afford to eat or drink. you have suspended their charities brought their livelihood to a standstill, investment as a whole and tourism too. is this what you call thed mo earn civil state? where universities faculties and schools are ruined? we ruined them all and claim to be a modern civil state. that's the motto. we are liars, liars. at least six people have been killed after a bombing. there was an explosion near a market in the city. witnesses say they saw a female suicide bomber. simone who was known as the iron lady was given double the sentence, the prosecutors had asked for dominic cane has more. >> simone sits in court. she was once first lady of ivory coast but in this trial, she was described as having undermined state security.

so they would like to see hattie reinstated. and recognized by the international committee as such. as for the saudis first person, he has been repeatedly saying that this is something that we take time. and it is quite obvious for the time being the saudis would like to stick to phase one which is basically targeted long range missile launchers and fighter jets. they don't seem to be willing to commit boats on the ground for the time being. this is going to be a very very delicate mission. >> yes that would be a big decision to send troops into yemen, one of the stated objectives of this military action is to effectively slow them in their advance to the port city, how difficult or how realistic a goal is that given the involvement of the former president in the all of this and his alliances in that part of the country? our view as a sense of the houthis military capabilities in the southern part of the country they have been taken advantage of significant deployment of troops loyal to the deposed president. who has forces loyal to him in an air base, and air base in in ask air bas

over here is one of the big windows like hatty mcdaniel stuck her head out of. >> reporter: tara wasn'tost exactly. it was disassembled in 1959 and been in storage since 1979 bought by a former governor's wife with a sentimental streak, the same sentimental streak that led a few thousand miles west to an archeological dig for the artistic leavings of another classic, 1923's, the ten commandments. see these massive guys? that's what they've been digging up in the desert outside of los angeles. the easiest thing was to leave that artificial world where it stood. no one expecting that sand would swallow it up. speaking of sand, there's plenty of that where they shot a lot of the "star wars" movies over the decades, tunisia. same thing, look familiar? the tunisian government's got it figured out though. this is their promotional video with music by pharrell. they're inviting star wars fans to come see what is left of a world that never really was until it was in the movies. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> makes you want to watch those movies again. "gma" and "this week" in the morning

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he has called on hattie to leave the country he described him as an inefficient president, he said he destroyed the country he said he is a separatist and he should leave he compelled the situation now to 1994, when a civil war took place because the south wanted to sek seed and listen to the justifications they expressed for what has gone on. >> the people can got afford to eat and drinks. you have proud their livelihood to a standstill, and tourism too. is that what you call the modern civil state? where universities are ruined? reruined them all, and tee are supposed to be a modern civil state, they are liars, liars. students have been protesting after houthis rebels took control of the capitol in january, what they are of course aing for is an end to the take over and the release of all political prisoners. and flags before set on fire, the former president he was toppled in 2011, on monday, south of destroying the country. the organization the islamic conference has called on all parties to reach a political compromise this is under houthis control the crowd chanting support for

with the compound where president hattie was staying the palace was then attacked by fighter jets.ust about a month only since he fled house arrest, the capitol and went to aidan. this is a battle not between two rival groups but between two men. forces loyal to president hadi retake the airport loyal to the former president. the afters short but tough battle lasting four hours. with passengers planes within range of the bullets. the forces unit had refused to give up their arms and got fie themselves within the barracks. then they attack the airport. >> the it fooer got so intense, the airport was shut down and passengers taken back into the terminal. forces loyal to hadi then defeated the loyalist and surrounded them. it is presidented the houthiss are now in control of the north. they wont to make sure the clashes are happening in aidan, so tayla be taken the fight to hadi detectively. an unidentified war plane hit lady's base. he insists remens the legit mitt leader. if they were able to take control of the airport it would have weaken hadi, who has declared it the temporary ca

. >> a spokesman for,n says the security council supports the legitimacy of hattie, but he says theye warned all parties to refrain from actions which may undermine the integrity. to ensure the protection of civilians out of all united nations in associated personnel. as well as the rules and principles of international human rights law and refugee law a short while ago the state department talks about it's support. >> we understand the saudi concerns and the threat that their perceive on their boarder to which they are responding, and we are supportive of their efforts to address that. our ultimate goal remain as political process. >> we can't predict what the response will be. >> but yes we see this as consistent with our goal. we wish there was a meaningful negotiation process happening now. but the houthiss are not engaged in it. >> the state temperature al jazeera is there in washington, d.c. so kimberly, what exactly is the u.s.' role in all of this. >> well, i'll tell you about the role, as described by the u.s. state department, and the white house and then some of the questi

over here one of the big windows like hattie mcdaniels stuck her head out of. >> tara was disassemblede 1959 in storage here since 1979. bought by a former governor's wife with a sentimental streak. the same sentimental streak that led a few thousand miles west to the archaeological dig of the 1923s, "the ten commandments." see the massive guys, that's what they have been digging up in the desert outside of los angeles. the easiest thing was to leave the artificial world where it stood no one expecting sand would swallow it up. speaking of sand, plenty of that where they shot the star wars movies. tunisia. same thing, look familiar. the government has the it figured out though. this is their promotional video with music by pharrell. they're inviting star wars fans to see what never really was until it was in the movies. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> i would love to see the set for "wizard of oz." >> a good one. i would like to have c-3po in my living room. >> dancing. >> yes, dancing. cheer my kids up. well, don't forget to check out our updates on our facebook page at wnnfans.

eject after their planes suffered some mechanical issues in egypt, though, yemen's deposed president hatty said that houthi rebels are iran's puppets and called on the sunni arab countries to help defeat them. iran denies spending money to and supporting these shiite rebels. the sunni arab countries are deeply concerned about the growing support and influence of tehran in the region. there's a real concern, uma, that with the sort of fears of these sunni arab countries and the intense campaign that iran is launching in iraq and also in yemen that the fighting and back and forth could spark a much larger proxy war between shooits and sunnis the u.s. is stuck in the middle where they are working essentially with iran in iraq against isis but obviously working with saudis in yemen against the iranian backed houthi rebels. it is a strange combination of partners in the middle east for the u.s. right now. >> conner thank you very much for that update. >>> we are just about 72 hours away from a deadline for negotiators to reach a deal with iran on it's nuclear ambitions. secretary of state john