is in the third -- yeg is in the third day. meeting in the resort town of shammual sheikh. the saudi king is among those attending the meeting. he is greeting the egyptian president. yemen will be on top of the agenda. fighter jets have hit targets in sadr haider. and the port and other areas. a weapons storage unit was a target. weaponsor being gathered -- weapons are being gathered near the border. >> reporter: for a third night tarts were surrounded -- targets were surrounded. missile launchers, supply routes and weapons depios were targeted. >> beware the attack by the coalition. now the airbase is under the control of the yemeni army. we continue to target the movement their concentration of forces until we clarify all the areas that they are controlling now. >> reporter: in the meantime yemen's president abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrived in egypt to attend the arab summit. he is widely recognised as yemen's leader. he'll call for support from the arab leaders to end the houthi takeover of his country. the shia houthis swept

the saudis cannot afford to lose yeg or have yemen controlled by a group with the saudi enemy, iran. the regional security is also in danger. you have essentially, the houthis controlling an area overlooking the seaport on the red sea. this is where about two to 3 million barrel of oil goes through there up to the red sea. it's a strategic location. they will not allow the group in control of such an area. >> what is iran's interest in all of this. >> personally, the iranians are trying to expand their influence in a number of countries, we have seen it in iraq, syria and lebanon, and also in yemen. i personally think that they are trying to (a) promote the shia cause to be loyal to bring them under the form of the iranian revolution and they are loyal to the supreme leader. they tried to back the shia'as in the region either a majority or minority. what they will gain from that is more in the cause, and second to raise takes in the regiontake... they see any deal with iran and the u.s. over a nuclear issue at the expense of saudi arabia and the rest of the gulf countries. >> very co

fighting spread across yeg since last september when shia houthis seized control. the president called for support from golf arab states and the conflict of is concern. the situation has deteriorated in lib na. to rival factions competing for power, four years after muammar gaddafi was removed from power. member states promised to work decisively to put an end to division, and that unity will be on the agenda again if meaningful resolutions were to be found to the old and knew conflicts across the middle east >>> final preparations are under way in nigeria for the general election on saturday. ballot papers and result sheets have been sent under police guard to abuja. electoral officials checked the papers before sending them. it's expected to be a close race between jonathan goodluck and a former general. the niger delta is where almost all of nigeria's oil comes from providing three-quarters of government revenue, as reported. the niger delta region is one of the country's poorest. >> they know what they are doing is illegal, but they don't care. young, unemploym

the structures of security forces and armed forces to be modern advanced in order to fe an army for yeg, we shouldn't lose site of the palestinian cause as the fbiingal issue of the arab nation and before the summit. establishing rights and sovereign states with jerusalem as their capital. here i should mention the challenge and threats in libya and syria. reiterating that we should continue to provide support to lebanon lebanon. development efforts in sudan and islands, and answer providing support of our fellow brothers and united arab 'em ir its -- emirates and a right to restore the occupied islands. in this respect i extend all appreciation and gratitude to the g.c.c. countries, and all the countries taking part in the coalition mainly taking it on saudi arabia. under the leadership. for the unwavering support for the yemeni people economically and militarily at 0 levels and throughout. i also extend all appreciation to sponsor the countries of the gulf initiative. also the international security for the political and economic support for yemen. i extend all appreciation to arab st