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17 killed as Yemen loyalists advance on Red Sea coast

SANAA: At least 11 rebels and six soldiers have been killed as pro-government forces attacked on rebels positions on the Red Sea coast.  

The attack on the coastal district of Dhubab, 30 kilometers in north of the Bab al-Madab strait, where the busy shopping lane enters the Arabian Sea, came after the government sent reinforcements from its headquarters in Aden. The government and its allies in a Saudi-led coalition recaptured the strait in October 2015.

But the rebels still control nearly all Yemen’s Red Sea coast to the north, posing what the coalition says is a threat to international shipping. The loyalist offensive failed to dislodge the rebels from their positions as they put up fierce resistance, leaving many killed and wounded on both sides.