DHAKA: Artillery shelling in Yemen’s Aden has killed 26 people as Houthi fighters and forces loyal to Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi battled over control of the southern port city.

Medical officials said the deaths on Tuesday came as Saudi-led coalition fighter planes continued raids on Houthi positions, killing dozens across the country.

For the first time since the coalition operation began, jets bombed renegade troops in the Shia-populated city of Dhamar, a stronghold of the Houthis south of the capital Sanaa, reports the Al Jazeera.

Huge blasts were heard overnight in Sanaa when coalition forces hit a missile depot belonging to the renegade Republican Guard, which is loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The blast rocked the southwestern district of the capital with flames billowing from the site were seen by residents across most of the city.

BDST: 2128 HRS, MAR 31, 2015