Artillery fire on the Khor Maksar district of the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed 26 people overnight, a health ministry official said.
Iran-allied Houthi militiamen along with allied army units are pushing on the outskirts of the city, the last bastion of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, despite six days of Saudi-led air strikes meant to stem their advance.
Earlier an eyewitness told Reuters artillery fire hit a residential building in Aden, killing ten militiamen loyal to President Hadi.
Yemen calls for Arab ground intervention in the country "as soon as possible"
Yemeni foreign minister Riyadh Yasseen called for an Arab ground intervention in the country "as soon as possible".
Asked by an interviewer on pan-Arab television channel al-Arabiya Hadath whether he sought an Arab ground intervention, Yaseen responded: "Yes, we are asking for that, and as soon as possible, in order to save our infrastructure and save Yemenis under siege in many cities."
Fear and anger in Sanaa over Saudi-led strikes
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition have stepped up raids on Houthi targets around the Yemeni capital Sanaa, residents say, forcing many to flee their homes and spreading fear and anger among a population alreadywearied by years of unrest.
A strike early on Tuesday near Sanaa airport blew a large crater in a group of five houses, witnesses said. There were no casualties, suggesting the buildings had been empty since adeadly raid in the same area last week.
Another attack in the mountains just outside the city appeared to hit a missile depot overnight, sparking a fire which raged for several hours and heralded another sleepless night for Sanaa's civilians.
"I moved my wife and my child from Sanaa to our villagebecause we are frightened by the strikes," said Mohammad Abdu, an engineer in his 30s.
"We cannot sleep because of the intensity of the bombardment."
Saudi Arabia, backed by regional Sunni Muslim allies, launched air strikes on Thursday against the Shi'ite Muslim Houthis, an Iran-allied group which took over Sanaa in September and launched a military offensive in the south which has forced President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi flee the country.
Houthi officials have not provided details of casualties in Sanaa, but a local rights organisation said 29 civilians were killed in one strike near the airport on the first day of the offensive.
Saudi Arabia says military push will last until Yemen stable
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said in remarks published today that a Saudi-led alliance will pursue an offensive against Houthi forces opposed to Yemeni President Hadi until Yemen is stable.
"We are not the ones calling for war. But if you bang the drums of war, we are ready for it," the minister told thekingdom's Shura Council, according to the advisory body's Twitter feed.
The operation "will continue to defend legitimacy in Yemen until it achieves its aims, and Yemen is returned to security, stability and unity", he was quoted as saying.
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