Ansarullah Captured Oil-rich City of Ataq Despite Saudi/ Wahabi Airstrikes

Yemen's Houthis captured on Thursday the oil-rich city of Ataq, consolidating the Ansarullah movement’s foothold in the southern part of the country despite airstrikes by a Wahabi/ Saudi-led alliance.
The Houthis overran Ataq, the capital city of the Shabwa province, hours after a bombardment by coalition warplanes in the area, local sources said.
The fall of Ataq to the Houthis came without resistance from security forces who are believed loyal to Ansarullah.
The Houthis, who hail from the north, already control other parts of Shabwa province.
Saudi Arabia and fellow Sunni Arab countries launched in late March an air campaign targeting the Yemen to defend Hadi former president who flee the country.
Iran has sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden, saying they are only intended to protect Iranian commercial shipping from pirates.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Saudi Arabia to halt a two-week-old campaign of air strikes against Yemen and said countries in the region should work to bring Yemen's rival factions to the negotiating table.