just because the air strikes are ending doesn t mean the fighting has stopped. a fierce battle broke out monday in the city of taez. in the city of taiz. fighters loyal to the president exchanged machine gun and rocket fire with houthi rebels. the group s commander vowed to drive the houthi back to their caves. u.s. president barack obama is warning iran against shiching weapons to houthi rebels in yemen. he says the message to tehran has been clear and direct. it comes as the u.s. started monitoring iranian ships off the coast of yemen. chief u.s. security correspondent, jim sciutto has more on that.
a month of air strikes led by saudi arabia that killed more than 700 people are coming to an end. saudi arabia made the announcement tuesday in its place a renewed focus on di policem diplomacy. senior international correspondent was just in yemen, in fact, and she filed this report. saudi arabia announced that operation decisive storm made way for operation restoring hope. the saudi government says the operation was a success. delivering the objectives of containing a houthi advance, protecting neighboring countries from houthi assaults and destroying the houthi weapons stores. operation restoring hope they say will be different, a military, a political and diplomating operation. paving the way, many believe for
file, some times provocative exercises at sea. a con front taegs with iran, forcibly boarding an iranian ship would be extraordinary. pentagon officials acknowledge moving additional u.s. warships to the region provides additional options to assist the saudi led coalition if necessary. they want to have a naval presence, but also to keep an eye on what the vessels do and itch the vessels are allowed to dock, what is unloaded and where those supplies go. reporter: it is the rapid deterioration on the ground in yemen that the u.s. is most concerned with. recent air strikes in the houthi controlled yemeni capital have killed 25 and wounded 400. all this as the u.s. tries to finalize a nuclear deal with the iranians and urge release of u.s. citizens held in iran. among them the washington post journalist, who is now facing four charges in claweding spying, and aiding a hostile
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a warm welcome back to the global audience. you are watching cnn newsroom. i am rosemary church. want to check the headlines. saudi arabia says it is ending air strikes against houthi rebels in yemen. the coalition will now focus on finding a political solution to the crisis there. yechl yemen s president welcomed the news and plans to return from self-imposed exile when the time is right. south africa deployed troops to neighborhood to stop attacks against immigrants. seven people have been killed in recent violence against immigrants including a man from mozambique beaten and stabbed to death in johannesburg. four men were charged in the murder in the south african port tuesday. the tunisian cap ttain of a ship is in jail along with a syrian crew member. both are accused of manslaughter and human trafficking.