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Yemeni army, allied fighters kill dozens of Saudi mercenaries

This file photo shows Ansarullah fighters in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.

The Yemeni army, backed by Popular Committees loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, has killed dozens of Saudi mercenaries in a retaliatory attack in the southwestern Yemeni province of Ta’izz.

According to a report by Yemen’s official Saba Net news agency, Yemeni forces also liberated the al-Kasarah and Ra’as al-Najd districts of Ta’izz from Saudi forces late on Tuesday.

Ansarullah fighters also destroyed a Saudi tank in the al-Omari district of Ta’izz.

Also on Tuesday, two Yemeni civilians were killed in a Saudi airstrike on the al-Rahedah district of Ta’izz.

Militants loyal to fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, are seen in an area in the city of Sirwah, in Yemen’s central province of Ma’rib, October 28, 2015. (Photo by AFP)

In another development, Saudi fighter jets mistakenly bombarded the Riyadh-allied militants who fight against Ansarullah forces in Yemen’s southern province of Shabwah, killing 18 of them.

In a similar incident, Saudi warplanes targeted their allied militants in the central province of Ma’rib four times.

Yemen has been witnessing ceaseless military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March. The military strikes are supposedly meant to undermine the Ansarullah movement and bring Hadi back to power.

The Saudi aggression has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 7,500 people and injured over 14,000 others. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.


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