article_snippet.sent: For more than three weeks, neighboring Saudi Arabia has been conducting airstrikes in Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: neighboring Saudi Arabia want to drive out the Shiite Houthi rebels, whose opposition to neighboring Saudi Arabia grew from protests to a takeover of government buildings and some territory.
article_snippet.sent: At one time, the Houthis held Yemen's President under house arrest, before Yemen's President escaped and fled.
article_snippet.sent: The bombings have decimated some cities, including Aden, and foreigners find foreigners trapped.
article_snippet.sent: With the Houthi forces to the north and the waters of the Gulf of Aden to the south, Aden is essentially besieged.
article_snippet.sent: For other U.S. citizens, We're actively working at getting information to other U.S. citizens on different avenues for travel out of Yemen.
highlights_snippet.sent: No official way out for Americans stranded amid fighting in Yemen .
  