ADEN: Anti-government forces advanced on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) toward President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s refuge of Aden in southern Yemen, fighting fierce battles with loyalist forces in which dozens of people were killed.

The Shiite Huthi militia, backed by troops allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, clashed with forces loyal to Hadi in at least two southern provinces as they pushed on Aden, sources said.

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