Pakistan evacuated nearly 200 of its citizens from Yemen on Friday, as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif traveled to Turkey for talks with the country's top leaders on the Yemen crisis. Following discussions with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglue in Ankara, Sharif urged the parties in the Yemen conflict to find a peaceful resolution. Pakistan has yet to decide whether to join a Saudi-led coalition that has been carrying out airstrikes for more than a week to halt the advance of Houthi Shi'ite rebels in Yemen. Largely Sunni Pakistan is a regional ally of Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, Yemeni officials said the rebels and their allies fought their way through the center of Aden and seized the presidential palace in the key southern port city. The Shi'ite rebels have been driving deeper into Aden in recent days while battling forces loyal to internationally backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who fled Aden last week. The capture of Aden, the last remaining stronghold of those backing Hadi, would mark a setback for the Saudi-led coalition.
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