A worker with an AK-47 rifle stops the sale of petrol at a petrol station amid the fuel supply shortage in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 26, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group carried on fighting across Yemen on Monday despite a ceasefire announcement by its Saudi-led foes, and media controlled by the Iran-allied movement acknowledged that its forces had shelled targets inside Saudi Arabia.
The violence prolongs a four-month-old conflict rooted in political strains that spread across the Arabian Peninsula country last year, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and pushed aside President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a U.S. ally.
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