(Adds Obama call to Saudi king, paragraph 26) * Planes attack Sanaa, **rthern Saada province * Morocco says will join coalition * Iran cleric sees campaign as "aggression" * Yemen sees campaign lasting days * Graphic http://link.reuters.com/wem44w By Mohammed Mukhashef ADEN, March 27 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi rebels made broad gains in the country's south and east on Friday despite a second day of Saudi-led air strikes meant to check the Iranian-backed militia's efforts to overthrow President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Shi'ite Muslim Houthi fighters and allied army units gained their first foothold on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast by seizing the port of Shaqra 100km (60 miles) east of Aden, residents told Reuters. The advances threaten Hadi's last refuge in Yemen and potentially undermine the air campaign to support him.
03-28-2015, 05:37 AM
WRAPUP 6-Yemen Houthi rebels advance despite Saudi-led air strikes
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