Sanaa – Over 350 Houthi rebels have been killed in action taken by the Yemeni army, Saudi Arabia and Arab allies in Marib province over the last three days. Allied forces are claiming to have destroyed a large arsenal of Houthi rebels in operation.
For three days, Yemeni and Arab allies have launched an offensive against Houthi rebels seeking control of Marib province. According to Saudi media, 138 Houthi rebels were killed on Sunday, 115 on Monday and 100 on Tuesday. Of these, 30 attacks were carried out on Houthi sites during Tuesday’s operation. The army of the Arab allies claimed that tanks and military vehicles seized by the Houthi rebels were destroyed in the process.
Over the past month, Saudi and Arab allies have been attacking Houthi rebels in Marib province. Saudi Arabia and its partners have claimed that many Houthi rebels were killed in the attack. Saudi and the Hadi government in Yemen have accused Iran of arming the Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia and Yemen are urging the international community to stop the smuggling of weapons as the Houthi arming is a threat to the security of the Yemeni people.
But during the fighting in Marib, Houthi rebels arrested 25 people from the capital Sanaa and surrounding areas. This includes staff at the US Embassy in Yemen and at ‘US Aid’, a US aid agency. The reason for this abduction is not known.
Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded in the city of Aden, which is under the control of the Hadi government. A pregnant woman journalist was killed and her husband was seriously injured in the incident. The car bomb blast has drawn international reaction and is being strongly condemned. This is the second car bombing in Aden in a month.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the military conflict in Yemen is rising day by day and the humanitarian crisis intensified. This is undermining the ongoing efforts to bring peace to Yemen, said Hans Grundberg, the special envoy of the United Nations for Yemen.
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