The Shiite Houthi militia and their allies on Sunday seized the airport in the battleground central Yemeni town of Taez from forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Al Arabiya reported quoting security sources as saying
Taez is strategically located on the road between Sanaa, which the Houthis overran in September, and the southern city of Aden, to which Hadi fled last month after escaping house arrest in the capital.
Separately, anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying over Hadi's compound in the southern city of Aden on Sunday and appeared to force it away, witnesses said.
It was the third incident of its kind in the past four days, in which unidentified aircraft have flown over the compound, where Hadi is based, on one occasion dropping bombs without causing any casualties.
Yemen has descended into civil war since last year when the Houthis seized Sanaa and removed Hadi from effective control of the state. The Houthis then advanced into Sunni Muslim areas, leading to clashes with local tribes and al Qaeda.