Yemen War News Updates -- March 26, 2015

Reuters: Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes on Houthi rebels

(Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his refuge in Aden under Saudi protection on Thursday and arrived in Saudi Arabia as Houthi rebels battled with forces still loyal to him on the outskirts of the southern port city.

Throughout the day, warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at Houthi forces, who have taken over much of the country in their campaign to oust Hadi.

The Saudi-led military intervention marked a major escalation of the Yemen crisis, in which Iran supports the Shi'ite Muslim Houthis, and Sunni Muslim monarchies in the Gulf back Hadi and his fellow Sunni loyalists in Yemen's south.

Yemen War News Updates -- March 26, 2015

Saudi Arabia launches air strikes in Yemen -- BBC
Yemen crisis: Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes to halt Houthi rebels -- CSM
Saudi Arabia threatens ground invasion of Yemen -- The Telegraph
Gulf states consider Yemen ground offensive to halt Houthi rebel advance -- The Guardian
Saudi ambassador: Iran is advising Yemen rebels -- AP
Saudi Arabia, With U.S. Support, Joins Fight Against Rebels In Yemen -- NPR
Gulf coalition launches airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen LIVE UPDATES -- RT
Turmoil in Yemen Escalates as Saudi Arabia Bombs Rebels -- AP
Egypt, Saudi Arabia to lead ground operation against Yemen rebels, officials say -- Haaretz/Reuters
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen as fears grow of a land invasion -- Washington Post
Saudi Arabia Yemen Military Intervention Update: Airstrikes Continue Against Houthi Rebels, Global Leaders React -- IBTimes
Saudi coalition strikes Yemen rebels -- SKY News
18 Dead As Rebels Clash With Pro-Government Forces Near Yemen's Aden -- AFP
Yemen's Hadi leaves Yemen amid air strikes on Houthis -- Al Jazeera
Yemeni president heads to Egypt for Arab summit -al-Arabiya TV -- Reuters
Yemen's president flees abroad as country teeters on brink of collapse -- Mashable
Yemen Rebels Protest Saudi-led Airstrikes -- VOA