FILE PHOTO: An armed man walks at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
ADEN (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen has retaken several areas in the energy-prducing provinces of Marib and Shabwa to repel advances by the Houthi movement in fierce fighting that has stymied United Nations-led peace efforts.
Battles have intensified since the start of the year after the coalition sent reinforcements to Shabwa, where inroads by the Iran-aligned Houthi group had cut off access to the Saudi-backed government's last northern stronghold in Marib.
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