Las fuerzas respaldadas por Arabia Saudí se desplegaron el domingo en Mukala, Yemen, después de retomar la ciudad portuaria que fue capturada por separatistas del sur el mes pasado.

ADEN, Yemen — Saudi-backed forces spread across Yemen's Mukalla on Sunday after retaking the port city which was seized by southern separatists last month. The capital of Hadramout province was retaken by Yemen’s internationally recognized government following days of Saudi airstrikes.

Separatists in Yemen say Saudi warplanes have carried out airstrikes on a military camp in the port city of Mukalla and other areas

The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen’s decadelong war, with forces allied against the Iran-backed Houthis possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world’s poorest nation,