The Yemeni army and the Popular Committees managed on Sunday to eliminate all mercenaries of the Saudi-US aggression along the Al-Tawila mountain range.

The Yemeni army and the Popular Committees managed on Sunday to eliminate all mercenaries of the Saudi-US aggression along the Al-Tawila mountain range overlooking the region of Najd Shabab and the Joreiba area in Lahj province.

The national military also restored the villages of Sarih, Hadid, Alfaqi, Tabin, Aloub, Sahi in Sharija and Karsh directorate as a part of the wide scale military operation south of Taiz province.

In a separate development, authorities in Yemen's southern city of Aden imposed a curfew on Monday after attacks blamed on terrorist gunmen killed at least 17 people, security sources said.

The curfew came into force at 8:00 pm local time (17:00 GMT) and will last until 5:00 am local time (02:00 GMT), the sabanews.net website said, citing a decision taken by the Aden Security Commission.

The decision comes after fierce battles on Sunday in the port of Aden that killed 17 people, among them nine members of the security forces including a colonel, the security sources said.

Security sources said the clashes erupted when mercenaries of the Saudi-US aggression met resistance by the Yemeni army and Popular Committees as they tried to deploy in the port to secure it completely.