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Yemeni foreign minister Riyadh Yasseen called for an Arab ground intervention in the country "as soon as possible".
Updated : Mar 31, 2015, 05:25 PM IST
Yemeni foreign minister Riyadh Yasseen called on Tuesday for an Arab ground intervention in the country "as soon as possible".
Asked by an interviewer on pan-Arab television channel al-Arabiya Hadat whether he sought an Arab ground intervention, Yaseen responded: "Yes, we are asking for that, and as soon a possible, in order to save our infrastructure and save Yemenis under siege in many cities."
For six days, a Saudi-led coalition has bombed Iran-allied Houthi fighters and army units fighting against President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, whose last bastion in the southern city of Aden was heavily shelled overnight.
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