AL-MUKALLA: At least 1,000 Houthi fighters were killed last month in several Yemeni provinces as the Iran-backed militia pushed to seize control of new areas, Yemen’s Defense Ministry said. Fighting has intensified in Hodeidah, Sanaa, Marib, Jouf, Dhale and Al-Bayda during the last few months, when the Houthis tried to push out government forces from liberated areas. The ministry said at least 1,000 Houthis, including 215 field commanders and military officers of different rankings, were killed in fighting with government forces or in Arab coalition airstrikes. The fiercest clashes were reported in Marib, where thousands of army troops and allied tribesmen fought off Houthi attacks. There has been sporadic fighting in Hodeidah since late 2018, when the internationally recognized government and the Houthis signed the UN-brokered Stockholm Agreement.

Source: Ethiopian News October 05, 2020 22:11 UTC