The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s government said more than 150 Houthi rebels were killed Thursday in air strikes south of Marib city, where the insurgents are pushing on the government’s last northern stronghold.
The latest air strikes against the Iran-backed rebels take the number of them killed in oil-rich Marib province’s Abdiya district to more than 500 in just the past four days, according to a toll compiled by the coalition.
The rebels rarely comment on losses and the toll could not be independently verified by AFP.
Destruction caused by Thursday’s air strikes “included 11 military vehicles, and killed more than 150 terrorist elements,” the coalition said in a statement carried by official Saudi media.