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CAIRO, May 3 – RIA Novosti, Margarita Kislov. As a part of a contingent of ground forces Arab coalition, landed on Sunday in the area of the international airport in the city of Aden in southern Yemen – commandos and sharpshooters, told the Yemeni online news portal “Yemen Akhbar” a source from the event.
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He added that the number of troops -” a few dozen “.
Earlier, Reuters reported citing a representative of the coalition reported that she did not start no major ground offensive in Aden, the representative stated that there are no foreign forces, the coalition continues to assist in the fight against Huthis.
Earlier media reported that the limited contingent of ground forces of the Arab coalition on Sunday landed in the area of the largest international airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, and has already entered the first battle with the Huthis.
The contingent landed in El Bureika near the airport, where the sixth day of fighting continued between local southern rebels, loyal to President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi regular units of the army and Shiite rebels movement “Ansar Allah” (Huthis).
In recent days, the southern rebels declared significant progress and even taking full control of the airport.
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