Yemen’s Missile Attack Kills over 60 Saudi-Backed Militants in Ma’rib

TEHRAN (defapress) – More than 60 Saudi-backed militants were killed in Ma’rib after Yemeni troops launched a missile attack against their military camp in the west-central province.

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Date: 19 January 2020 - 11:59

There was no official statement from the coalition forces. However, if confirmed, the attack could be one of the deadliest by the Houthis on Saudis and allies in Yemen in recent weeks.

Later reports confirmed the number of fatalities had exceeded 60 people as they cited accounts from the military hospital in Ma’rib which had issued a distress call for blood donation.

Medical sources had confirmed that at least 45 military personnel had been killed in the attack, adding that dozens more were injured, Press TV reported.

Houthis control swathes of Yemen since they overthrow a Saudi-backed government in late 2014. The development caused Saudi Arabia and allies to launch an all-out war on the impoverished country.

Tens of thousands of people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Saudi airstrikes and ground operations in Yemen over the past five years.

The Houthi have responded by mostly targeting military positions deep inside Saudi Arabia or sites inside Yemen where Saudis have deployed mercenaries and military forces.

Nearly a dozen Saudi-backed militiamen were killed or injured in Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah province on Saturday in an attack by Ansarullah fighters.

A missile attack on Saudi-led forces in Ma’rib in November killed at least seven soldiers and wounded 12 more.

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