article_snippet.sent: the coalition of Sunni nations now controls the country's ports and air space.
article_snippet.sent: ,  are urging diplomacy . '
article_snippet.sent: -Insaaf (PTI) party - are calling for diplomacy and a negotiated settlement, saying diplomacy and a negotiated settlement does not want to get involved in any conflict that would inflame sectarian tensions.
article_snippet.sent: Saudi soldiers take Saudi soldiers position at Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen earlier today .
article_snippet.sent: debating a Saudi plea for military help in Yemen .
article_snippet.sent: coalition that began conducting air strikes last month against .
article_snippet.sent: Arabia's 'territorial integrity' without defining what action .
article_snippet.sent: They're looking to satisfy Saudi expectations at a minimal . level,' said Arif Rafiq, a Washington-based adjunct scholar with .
article_snippet.sent: the Middle East Institute.
article_snippet.sent: meaningful action inside Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: But joining the Saudi-led coalition could inflame a . sectarian conflict at home where around a fifth of the .
article_snippet.sent: roiling with Saudi Arabia own separatist insurgency.
article_snippet.sent: a last foothold of fighters loyal to Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
article_snippet.sent: a last foothold of fighters loyal to Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have advanced to the city center despite 11 days of air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition of mainly Gulf air forces.