article_snippet: Egyptian warships fired on the road that runs from the Yemeni port town of Zinjibar into the key coastal city of Aden but did not fire on Aden directly, according to an official with Yemen's Southern Movement.
article_snippet: The road is the eastern approach to Aden and is one of the three main roads into the key coastal city of Aden.
article_snippet: The Egyptian naval barrage is intended to block the Houthi advance on Aden and push those fighters back, the source said.
article_snippet: Egyptian warships had deployed to the Bab al-Mandab strait last Friday, according to media reports, intent on protecting that passage that is the only access from the Arabian Sea to Egypt's Suez Canal.
highlights_snippet: Egyptian warships shell road leading to key port city, said official with Yemen's Southern Movement .
  