World News | Saudi-led Airstrike Kills 7 Houthis in Yemen's Taiz
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A total of seven members of the Houthi group were killed in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz on Sunday, a local military source told Xinhua.
Aden [Yemen], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of seven members of the Houthi group were killed in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz on Sunday, a local military source told Xinhua.
"Warplanes of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition bombed a convoy of the Houthi rebel militia when the convoy was traveling in the western parts of Taiz," a military official said on condition of anonymity.
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The airstrike destroyed two vehicles belonging to the rebel group and killed seven of its members in Taiz's district of Maqbanah, he said.
The Saudi-led coalition has made no comment yet, while it has recently intensified airstrikes on various Houthi-held sites across the war-ravaged Arab country.
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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-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in March 2015 to support Hadi's government. (ANI/Xinhua)
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