Photos: Conflict in Yemen

Fighters opposing Houthi rebels shout slogans as they walk in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on April 8 as clashes continue to rage in the embattled city between Shiite Houthi rebels and forces loyal to fugitive Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. (Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP/Getty Images)

March 26, 2015 8:22 AM PT

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Warplanes struck Yemeni military bases and antiaircraft fire echoed over Sana, the capital, as Saudi Arabia and its allies launched attacks on Shiite Muslim rebels who have seized the city and sent Yemen’s president fleeing.

Smoke billows from a Saudi-led airstrike on Sana, Yemen, on April 8. (Hani Mohammed / Associated Press)

People flee after a Saudi-led airstrike in Sana, Yemen, on April 8. (Hani Mohammed / Associated Press)

A Yemeni fighter opposing Houthi rebels fires his weapon in the southern Yemeni city of Aden as clashes continue to rage in the embattled city on April 8. (Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP/Getty Images)

A Yemeni child stands beside jugs of water from a philanthropist-provided water tap in Sana, Yemen, on April 7. Many Yemenis are facing shortages of water and food. (Yahya Arhab / EPA)

Yemeni women visit the graves of relatives of Houthi supporters who were allegedly killed during recent fighting, at a cemetery in Sana, Yemen, on April 5. (Yahya Arhab / EPA)

Armed Yemeni supporters of the separatist Southern Movement hold a position at the northern entrance of Yemeni port city of Aden on April 4. (Saleh Al-Obeidi / AFP/Getty Images)

Yemenis inspect the rubble of destroyed houses in the village of Bani Matar, 43 miles west of Sana, on April 4, a day after it was reportedly hit by an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

Yemenis dig graves to bury the victims of a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition against Shiite Houthi rebel positions in the village of Bani Matar on April 4. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

A supporter of the Shiite Houthi militia attends a demonstration in Yemen’s second-largest city of Taez on April 3. (Abdel Rahman Abdallah / AFP/Getty Images)

Yemeni supporters of the Shiite Houthi militia attend an April 1 demonstration in the second-largest city of Taiz to protest Saudi-led strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Abdel Rahman Abdallah / AFP/Getty Images)

Tribal gunmen deface a portrait of Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi with shoes in the capital Sana, during an April 1 demonstration against Saudi-led airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

Yemenis gather near the rubble of houses destroyed by an airstrike from Saudi-led coalition warplanes near Sana Airport on March 31. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

Men carry the body of a child they uncovered from rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sana Airport in Yemen on March 26. (Hani Mohammed / Associated Press)

An armed member of the Houthi militia keeps watch as people gather beside vehicles that were allegedly destroyed by a Saudi airstrike in Sana, Yemen, on March 26. (Yahya Arhab / EPA)

Yemeni civilians and security forces search for survivors after a Saudi airstrike against Houthi rebels on March 26. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

Yemeni civilians and security forces search for survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed during Saudi airstrikes near Sana Airport on March 26. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images)

A Yemeni man wearing military fatigues sits amid debris at the site of a Saudi airstrike against Houthi rebels near Sana Airport on March 26. (Mohammed Huwmoais / AFP/Getty Images)