article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The onslaught on Houthis rebels in Yemen continued Tuesday, with the Saudi-led coalition asserting increasing control while locals fled the chaos and casualties piled up -- dozens of civilians among civilians.
article_snippet.sent: Five days after their first airstrikes, the Saudi-led coalition asserting increasing control has destroyed air defense systems of the Houthis and supporters of Yemen's longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and rendered all but a fraction of air bases and stripes unusable, a Saudi source said.
article_snippet.sent: This effort isn't over, including widespread attempts to locate and destroy Scud missiles still in Yemen, a Saudi source said.
article_snippet.sent: The Houthi militia and agents of the former president -- supported by Iran -- insist to meddle in Yemen, reshuffle the cards, rob
article_snippet.sent: The airstrikes -- the latest focused around Aden, Taiz and coastal cities -- come at a cost, and not just to Houthi
article_snippet.sent: The instability escalated as the Houthis, a minority group long marginalized in Yemen, increasingly challenged the government of President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi (who in 2012 took over for Saleh, who had been in power for 33 years).
article_snippet.sent: The Houthis began moving into Sanaa in September, then headed into Aden earlier this month -- advancing despite intermittent (and, time and again, unsuccessful) talks aimed a peaceful political solution to the unrest.
article_snippet.sent: Things finally came to a head last week, with Hadi -- who claims to still be President, even though The Houthis control government institutions -- left Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: At roughly the same time, Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia allies came in with force to support Hadi, who Saudi Arabia and its allies say remains Yemen's legitimate leader.