again, we know that the houthi malitias are manipulating through their media outlets in order to instigateeople and they are fully aware this operation is going to restore the serenity attacked by the houthis. again, it was targeted by the houthis malitias and, again the coalition forces cannot attack the cap or the factory. our intelligence operations that we are conducting before launching the military operation have pinpointed the targets clearly. we have formed a coalition to rid the yemen people from the domination and manipulation of the houthis and cannot and will not target such targets. our operations continue to target houthis buckets. the video shown demonstrates weapons people. this is one of the few stations. this was targeted not the building. we targeted the fuel pump. not the building. this was a pinpointed target as we meant to target the pump not the building as we are here and the operation is meant to cripple the houthi movement. again, the pump itself was targeted, not the building. one of the military has weapons and ammunition was directly targeted and hit, intellige

they arrived near the airport as they were prevented by the houthis, malitias to land.hey asked to go back to the jazan airport. they were throughout to go there there. before landing there, they were informed that they could come back to sanaa and evacuate the turkish individuals. that's why we are keen to make things clear. we are not asking for excuses, but we want the public opinion to know. i need you to know that the coalition forces are quite up to the responsibility. we are quite keen not to hit any civilians, and we are quite keen for those who do the e vamuation to go there and do the job this is our duty. this is our responsibility. and we have to pave the way for everything to be done in a smooth way, but we would like also for the public opinion for the media people to be aware of everything because we are quite responsible, and we will do everything on scheduled time but we asked you to be quiet accurate. the second point i want to talk about it today is the situation in aden, a situation in aden goes in a good way and should go god willing. i mentioned th

the purpose behind it is to keep the pressure up on the houthi malitias and in the same time to confirmffirm that we will and all the targets we have planned, it will achieve it in the last 24 hours. we consider the area of sanaa and surrounding and all the depo and in sanaa in the last 24 hours, we targeted the storage where the -- where we are keeping ballistic weapons and doing this then we will talk about this missiles and also the targeting places in the last few days especially the storage which will see the places they were hiding the missiles itself. in the added area which has been targeted which was a source of the -- where the popular committees are on the ground we will support the brigade who are against the houthi malitias and which they are causing some desections desections. and there will be improvements day by day. there were some activities in areas with the malitias where they are gathering and hiding and then the popular committees are actually searching and looking through the area inside the houses and the storage and the popular committees are continuing with the

the red cross has delivered three planes who have coordinated with the houthi malitias so that they would allow for humanitarian aid to go through. and to coordinate with them and to facilitate their work and their mobility within sanaa or outside it to ensure that the aids will arrive to people and hospitals in need and everyone who needs it as far as the coalition operations air campaign is ongoing, the folks now is concentrated of the division locations and destroying houthi malitias that have been fortified inside bunkers. and now we are -- the resistentions has been less than previous and now it is limited to groups in specific areas. or the bunkers of the yemeni army that they took over work is ongoing to support the popular committees whether it's the perimeter the aden or northern areas of yemen and i mean the sadaa territory and neighboring territories. work is focused, also on presenting these malitias, of benefitting or using the military units and the military supplies and the logistics that are mentioned -- that i mentioned to you yesterday, that there is a type of embargo by

erupted and incidents were expected by coalition forces simply because tactics and techniques by houthi malitiasell-known to us. they are also aiming to gain certain media victories and they are totally isolated in aiden and being hunted down and targeted at various locations within the city. we are in close contact with popular resistance fighter and rid the city of them. >> reporter: yemen capitol sanaa is pretty much locked down and thousands of people have fled or stayed at home to avoid all of the trouble on the streets. which makes life tough for people who run small businesses many of which are closing down as jamal discovered. >> reporter: a food store that is open for business in sanaa and it's a rare site in a city under bombardment, the war in yemen has not only forced people to flee their homes in search of a safe haven but made many businesses shut their doors as an already battered economy is further devastated. >> translator: there are very few people left and everyone has fled and those who stayed live alone without their families so hardly anyone comes to buy anything any more.

houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh. >> translator: we must give them a chance and united between our project for the state and achieve that malitiao houthis and ali abdullah saleh with the use on yemen and stop detroit destroying the country. >> reporter: the big challenge is the humanitarian situation and hundreds of yemen people have been killed since the start of the conflict three weeks ago. the city of aiden is bearing the brunt of heavy fighting. >> translator: yemen faces a tough situation with shortage of food and bathing and electricity and fuel and needs an intervention to prevents a catastrophe and they will look for the needs of the people and we have decided to form a relief under the coordination committee. >> reporter: for now the president and vice president won't be able to return home parts of the country remain under houthi control. the man khaled bahah wants to reform the army is detained. general was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aiden. khaled bahah became prime minister in october and his appointment was backed by houthis who was under house arrest and now he is expected to unite yemen peop

. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and the malitias ofbdullah saleh continue the crime against many people and until they put weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: u.n. has invited the syrian government and opposition groups to separate peace talks in geneva next month and opposition fighters lawn frp frped launched attack west of the city and we have the latest. >> reporter: a great view from a plane in northwest hama, this vast area overlooks village to the north and south. once a peaceful countryside, it's now become a battlefield. government forces have been using it as an attack position against opposition fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and badly bombed and targeted now it's time to counter attack. >> reporter: opposition fighters launched the attacks by firing artillery, captured three main government checkpoints around the city aiming to isolate the city by cutting the large government supply road. >> translator: our main objective is to destroy checkpoints leading to the ci

. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and the malitias ofullah saleh continue the crime against the people and until they put their weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: saudi arabia interior ministry say attacks of security forces increased since offensive began and authorities arrested a man on suspicion of killing two police officers earlier this month in riyadh and say the 23-year-old confessed to carrying out the shootings after meeting a member with the islamic state of iraq in syria and we have more in saudi arabia. arabia. >> reporter: investigation with him, he admitted to the crime and said that he was recruited by i.s.i.s. earlier and that the man, the middleman between him and i.s.i.s. was a man he knows by the name of berghuis and believes he is from north africa, judging by accent he was given weapon to use in the crime and given $10,000 and also ammunition and also he said that i.s.i.s. wanted to use him in saudi arabia. they asked him to stay there because of his expertise and explosives making and also in shooting. and h

. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and the malitias of abdullah saleh continue the crime against the many people and until they put their weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: according to the u.n. agencies more than a thousand people have been killed in fighting in yemen since last month and 115 of them were children, as we report the resources are now being stretched to the limit. ♪ there is a semblance of law an order here despite no clear governance in yemen a bomb disposal unit has come to work, close by is a military base hit by an air strike earlier in the week and spent ammunition liters the streets and have been lying around for days. >> translator: the area is full of chemical substances and we examined the whole area with detectors, we have collected the remains of explosives and now they are being moves to be disarmed somewhere else. >> reporter: it was the loudest blast people in the area had heard since the saudi-led campaign began. look around and you get a sense of hundreds of lost man hours. jobs on hold and the thous

houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president but only if they disarm. >> translator: we must give them a chance and united behind our project for a civil state and to achieve that malitia to houthis and implement go to yemen and stop destroying the country. >> reporter: yemen's biggest challenge is deteriorating humanitarian situation. hundreds of yemen people have been killed since the start of the conflict three weeks ago. the city of aiden is burying the brunt of heavy fighting. >> translator: yemen faces a tough situation, shortage and food medicine and necessities like electricity and fuel and requires intervention to prevent this in yemen and they will tackle the urgent needs of people and decided to form relief. >> reporter: for now the president and vice president won't be able to return home. part of the country remain under houthi control. the man khaled bahah wants to reform the army is detained and he was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aiden. khaled bahah became prime minister in october and his appointment was backed by the houthis who later put him under house arrest. now he is expected to unite yemen people and create stability for the c

the houthis consider themselves together with sala and his loyal malitias as to be having the upper hand the balance of power has shifted, and if we are engaged in a new round of talks, it will be different from the previous talks sponsored. >> a yemeni government spokesperson speaking to us through translation. thank you, sir. >>> it's been almost a month now since iraq's government forces drove isil fighters out of tick rit. many reports are still too scared to return fearing sectarian attacks. first fighting between isil and the government forces backed by shia militaries. there are signs of looting and arson attacks carried out by the malitias. the government admits some members of the popular forces committed these acts. it says it will hold them accountable. security forces say all pera militaries have left the city. they are calling on the people to return home. i tell the people to return. we are your brothers. the conditions are good. your neighbors are returning. >> al jazeera's request to accompany the popular mobilization forces on a trip to tikrit has been pending for almost

houthi fighters took station in the city and yesterday those fighters attempted to seize control of certain government facilities, heavy fighting urerupted and suspectd because of tactics and techniques by the malitiasknown to us. they are aiming to gain certain media victory and it's a desperate attempt by houthi fighters totally isolated in aiden and being hunted down and targeted at various locations within the city. we are in close contact with popular resistance fighters and we will rid the city of those in infillin inf infiltrators. >> reporter: people are home and worried to go out because of the violence and it makes it difficult for small businesses many of which have closed down and jamal reports. >> reporter: a food store open for business in sanaa what has become something of a rare sight with a city under bombardment and the war in yemen not only forced people to flee homes in search of safe haven and made many businesses shut their doors as an already battered economy is further devastated. >> translator: there are very few people left here and everyone has fled and those who stayed live alone without their families and hardly nerve one comes to buy anything any more. >> reporter: what

houthi rebel targets in the southern city of aiden. sunni muslims from iraqi providence say they are frightened of shia malitias and accuse them of lootingng and attacks and we have more. >> reporter: this family lives in a camp on the outskirts of the city. their hometown was under i.s.i.l. control since june three months ago iraqi forces backed by shia malitia recaptured it and they are sunni and scared to return. >> translator: we are afraid of the malitias. we are afraid they may kill us and our families. >> translator: we don't have weapons to defend ourselves, if there is malitia would storm our home we would be dead just like the victims of the massacres. >> reporter: thousands of fighters started a campaign to capture from i.s.i.l. and the leader and predecessor are everywhere. the providence is on the border with iran and the influence is evident. this border crossing was closed for 30 years and now it's wide open. [applause] the popular mobilization force and shia malitias are the real power here. some analysts feel the victory over i.s.i.l. may have strengthened the fighters. >> translator: after the liberation, we witnessed a