Emirati soldiers rehabilitate Al-Anad airbase in Yemen Emirati soldiers, taking part in the Saudi-led operations against Shiite Huthi rebels, participated in the rehabilitation and demining operations at the Al-Anad airbase in the southern Lahj governorate, some 50 kilometres north of the Red Sea port of Aden. Yemeni forces besieged Shiite rebels who have retreated to a mountainous area near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait that loyalists recaptured last week, military sources said. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES