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Thursday 30 Jul 2015 - 14:06 Makkah mean time-14-10-1436
 Aden (IINA) - The exiled Yemeni government has issued an order for militiamen fighting alongside loyalist troops against the Houthi militia be merged into the armed forces, as clashes raged Wednesday in the country’s south.
The supreme defense council, which met in Riyadh Tuesday, decided to “assimilate members of the Popular Resistance into the units of the armed forces and security forces,” the government-run news agency said. The meeting, headed by President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, took the decision to reward them for their “brave contribution to defending the homeland.”
Popular Resistance units were formed when the Iran-backed Houthis and their allies advanced on southern regions after they had overran the capital in September. Meanwhile, clashes raged in the south, where pro-government forces expanded their area of control after recapturing the port of Aden, Yemen’s second city, after four months of fighting.
The loyalists pushed back rebels in Lahoum, on Aden’s northern outskirts, following heavy fighting in which 12 rebels were killed, military sources said. Three pro-Hadi fighters were killed and dozens wounded, medical sources said.
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