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The Saudi-led coalition said Wednesday it killed 105 Houthi rebels in air strikes around Yemen’s strategic city of Marib, as the insurgents claimed to have almost encircled the city.
That brings to nearly 2,000 the number of Houthis the coalition — backing the government — says it has killed around Marib in strikes it has reported almost daily since October 11.
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.
Syrian air defenses responded to alleged Israeli airstrikes targeting Syria’s T4 airbase near Homs, western Syria on Friday night, Lebanese news site Al-Mayadeen reported.
Hezbollah and Iran hold a notable military presence at the airbase, according to Army Radio.
More than 140 rebels and pro-government troops have been killed this week as fighting intensifies for Yemen’s strategic northern city of Marib, military and medical sources told AFP Friday.
At least 51 loyalists were killed in the past four days, most of them in clashes in the province of Shabwa and the neighbouring governorate of Marib, multiple military sources said.
Turkish security forces killed 11 members of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Turkish commandos killed the YPG fighters after they “attempted to infiltrate and attack, aiming to disrupt the security and peace environment” in Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring zone, the ministry tweeted.
