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Yemeni ministers return back to recaptured Aden, as Iran's Houthis lose the major port city

Several ministers and top intelligence officials return day after Houthi rebels pushed out of strategic port city. On Wednesday, Popular Resistance fighters recaptured much of Aden from Houthi rebels At least 12 civilian were killed and 105 wounded, Al-Khader Laswar, Aden health department chief, told AFP. There was no information available on rebel losses. The offensive came after the failure of a UN-declared truce that was to have taken effect just before midnight on Friday to allow the delivery of desperately-needed relief supplies. The United Nations has declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale. More than 21 million people - about 80 percent of Yemen's population - need aid, with 13 million facing food shortages, while access to water has become difficult for 9.4 million people. According to UN figures, more than 3,200 people have been killed since late March, when a coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia began air strikes after Houthis took over the reins of power in the impoverished country.

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