ADEN — Fighters loyal to the legitimate government of President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi in the southern Yemeni city of Aden said they captured two Iranian military officers advising Houthi rebels. Three sources in the city's anti-Houthi local fighters said the Iranians, identified as a colonel and a captain, were seized in two different districts rocked by heavy gun battles. “The initial investigation revealed that they are from the Quds Force and are working as advisers to the Houthi militia,” one of the militia sources told Reuters. “They have been put in a safe place and we will turn them over to the coalition forces staging Operation Decisive Storm to deal with them,” the source added. Residents said southern fighters ambushed a convoy of Houthis and allied forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a tribal area about 100 km (60 miles) north of their base in Aden. Inside the major port city, clashes erupted between Houthi forces and local fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns. Meanwhile, the Red Cross delivered its second plane-load of aid to Yemen's capital in as many days on Saturday. The International Committee of the Red Cross says its plane was carrying medical equipment. “The new cargo is 35.6 tons, of which 32 tons is medical aid and the rest water purifying equipment, electric power generators and tents,” said ICRC spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali. The ICRC and UN each sent planes to Sanaa on Friday carrying 16 tons of medicine and equipment. — Agencies
