(17 Sep 2015) Residents in the central city of Marib on Thursday appeared unperturbed by nearby fighting, as Saudi coalition aircraft pounded Shiite rebel positions with heavy artillery fire on the outskirts of the city.
Shops downtown were open for business, and residents crowded a market to buy khat leaves, a mild narcotic widely consumed in Yemen.
The city's deputy governor, Abdul Rab Ali, said on Thursday that there were no clashes in the city, but mostly shelling in the outskirts.
Marib is the capital of the largely desert province of the same name east of the capital.
Authorities say the coalition's operations in the area include targeting Houthi positions near the Marib dam and the town of Sirwah, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) west on the road to the capital, Sanaa.
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