Saudi-led forces battle Yemeni rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Troops in the Saudi-led coalition captured a town south of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Thursday as fierce fighting and airstrikes pounded the area, officials said, on the second day of an offensive to capture the strategic harbor.

Soldiers took the town of Nakhila in the al-Durayhimi district, about 20 kilometers south of Hodeidah International Airport, according to the government-run SABA news agency.

Fighters continued to move closer to the airport in fighting Thursday.