SANAA, May 29 (NNN-SPA) – At least 31 Houthi rebels were killed yesterday, in airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition, in Yemen’s central province of Marib, a military source from the Yemeni government, said.
“The airstrikes killed the militants in the desert, while they were moving in three groups towards positions of the Yemeni army, in the western district of Sirwah,” the source said.
Meanwhile, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported, 15 coalition airstrikes on the Houthi positions in Sirwah, without providing further details.
The Houthis began in Feb, a major offensive against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government army, to capture the oil-rich province of Marib, which hosts nearly two million internally displaced people.
The United Nations warned, the offensive on Marib could lead to a major humanitarian catastrophe. A recent UN-brokered negotiation between Yemen’s warring sides and other relevant parties, failed to produce a cease-fire agreement.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014, when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital, Sanaa.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in Mar, 2015, to support Hadi’s government.
