US Launches Aerial Refueling Mission in Yemen

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Yemeni firefighters extinguish a fire caused by a reported air strike by the Saudi-led coalition against Huthi Shiite rebels and their allies in the capital Sanaa, on April 8, 2015. The coalition launched its air war on March 26, 2015, as the rebels closed on President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s last refuge Aden, prompting him to flee to neighbouring Saudi Arabia. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS

The US military has begun daily aerial-refueling tanker flights to support the Saudi-led coalition that is intervening in Yemen’s civil war, the latest sign of growing American involvement in the new Middle East conflict.