Warplanes bombed Yemen and its capital, Sanaa, Sunday night and Monday, extending the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes on the Houthi rebels and their allies for a fifth day. "It was a night from hell," a Yemeni diplomat told Reuters, explaining the bombing in and around Sanaa, which sent residents fleeing to outlying villages.
The bombing hasn't stopped the Houthis and allied loyalists of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from advancing on Aden, the southern port designated de facto capital by Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. In the BBC News video below, Al Hayat reporter Baria Alamuddin explains the geopolitics and local politics of Saudi Arabia's military incursion into its neighboring country. —Peter Weber
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