Riyadh(ANN)A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has ended its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, Saudi state television has said.
The coalition’s Decisive Storm campaign had achieved its military goals, the report said.
A new operation would be called Restoring Hope, focusing on a political solution in Yemen and on security and counter-terrorism at home.
The coalition had carried out almost a month of strikes but had largely failed to halt the Houthi rebels’ advance.
Yemen has been in chaos since the Houthi, or Zaidi Shia, rebels, took control of the capital, Sanaa, in January and placed President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi under house arrest.
Mr Hadi escaped and took refuge in Aden in February, but left the country at the end of March when the Houthis, backed by army units supporting ousted former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, reached the outskirts of the southern port city.
The BBC’s Alan Johnston says many observers will question the claims that the coalition has scored an overwhelming victory as there has been no great retreat on the part of the rebels.
He says they remain a potent presence on various fronts all the way from their northern strongholds down to Aden.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/
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