Arab Coalition Strikes Kill 145 Houthi Militants, One 'Hezbollah' Military Expert in Yemen's Marib
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The Saudi-led Arab coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen continues to support the Yemeni national army and popular resistance with airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed Houthi militias in the oil-rich Marib province. More than 145 Houthi militants were killed and 16 military vehicles got destroyed in 29 operations in Marib during the past 24 hours, the coalition announced, SPA reported. Also, Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani said that a Hezbollah military expert Akram Al-Sayed died when Yemeni army troops shelled Houthi positions south of Marib, inflicting a blow to a Houthi militia push to seize control of Marib city. “Sayed, 35, entered Yemen in August 2017 as part of a group of terrorists affiliated with Hezbollah. On December 3, he was sent with several Hezbollah experts to Marib’s southern fronts to lead operations and implement an Iranian scheme to escalate the pace of confrontations in the province,” the minister explained. The Hezbollah expert was killed alongside Houthi militia commander Abu Ashraf al-Asadi and eight other Houthi members, he noted. “His corps was evacuated in an ambulance to the al-Jouba area before being transferred to the Saada governorate, where the bodies of dozens of Iranian and Hezbollah experts and fighters are buried in full secrecy.” Al-Eryani called on the international community and UN Security Council permanent members, “to condemn this blatant interference, which undermines de-escalation efforts in Yemen, continues bloodshed, and exacerbates humanitarian suffering of Yemenis.” The minister urged an intensification of sanctions against Lebanese Hezbollah and demanded that the government in Lebanon curbs the influx of Hezbollah fighters to Yemen.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3351646/arab-coalition-strikes-kill-145-houthi-militants-one-hezbollah-military-expert
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