Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fights back against Houthis in Al-Baida
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Sunday announced that its fighters and allied tribesmen in Rada’a city and surrounding villages in Al-Baida governorate carried out six attacks against Houthis on Saturday and Sunday.
AQAP posted on its Twitter page on Sunday that its fighters targeted a Houthi vehicle in Hamat Bani Sarar village of Rada’a earlier that day and killed all members on board. AQAP failed to provide the specific number of casualties.
The same day, seven Houthis were killed in a similar attack in Qaifa area of Al-Baida.
“The fighters targeted the Houthi vehicle at 9 AM on Sunday in Bani Ali village of Qaifa area and killed seven Houthi fighters on board,” AQAP reported in the same Twitter statement.
Amer Ali, a resident in Bani Ali village in Qaifa area, who saw the destroyed car, confirmed the information provided by AQAP, saying that more than seven Houthis were in the vehicle, but not all of them were killed.