Arab Alliance shells Dilmi airbase near Sanaa Airport

Violent explosions hit, Monday evening, north of the Yemeni capital Sana'a. According to local sources, the jets of Arab Alliance launched a number of air raids on Dilmi airbase, near Sana'a International Airport. The sources confirmed that coalition warplans are still flying in the skies of the capital Sana'a. The raids coincided with armed clashes between the Popular Resistance and Houthis in several positions, north of Lahj.
 
Military sources said that the two sides used in the confrontations all kinds of medium and heavy weapons. The Yemeni forces confronted the attempted infiltration of Houthi elements and one of the members of the Martyr Battalion, Abdul Karim al-Qutaibi, and his name was Thabet Thahmi al-Abdali, was wounded by shrapnel in the head at the site of the Martyr.

The Yemeni forces shelled areas of Houthis' gatherings in Shabwa, leaving many killed and injured. On Monday, government forces seized control of a strategic mountain in the northern province of Sa'ada. Sa'ada Governor, Major General Hadi Tarshan al-Waeli, said that the 102nd Brigade managed to control the strategic mountain of Shaer in the Baqam district. Al Waili thanked the 102nd command and personnel for their sacrifices, praising the new progress of the National Army Command.

Forces loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took control of new positions in Midi, northwestern Hajjah. The military information center for the fifth military region announced in a statement that the forces of the National Army carried out an attack on the positions of Houthis in Midi and took control of sites belonging to the militias. "The army loyal to Hadi killed a number of Houthi militants and their bodies are still in the desert, as well as seizing of their medium and light weapons," the statement read.

In Aden, the prime minister of the Yemeni government Ahmed Obaid bin Dajer denied news reports about upcoming cabinet reshuffle. According to sources in the legitimate government in Riyadh, President Hadi intends to make a ministerial reshuffle  to meet the desire of some regional parties, who believe that the changes, which would also include military leaders, will end the battle with Houthi militias.
 
 On Monday, the government news agency quoted bin Dajer's statements as saying: The rumors about the change in the ministry has become repeated at specific times and stages and in a way to expose the masks of those who stand behind them, to cover all the achievements and victories achieved by the legitimate government to restore the kidnapped state.

On the other hand, the World Bank's director in Yemen, Sandra Bloemenkamp, announced​​ that the Central Bank of Yemen is currently unable to perform its main functions to support the economy, which negatively affects Yemen's ability to finance food imports that the Bank has supported in the past. "This also increases the human suffering resulting from Conflict, she said, stressing the readiness of the World Bank to support any initiative that can restore a unified banking system that serves the economic needs of the Yemeni people.

"The bank is deeply concerned at the appalling levels of food insecurity in Yemen," she said, pointing to the start of a reconstruction plan, which is being implemented as soon as the war ends. "Once the war is over, all the tools of the World Bank can be used again to help the Yemeni people to recover, she added.
Bloemenkamp stressed that the bank's role is to help to establish permanent peace by providing financial resources, advice and technical support to the government to address the causes of conflict and create jobs.