58 Yemeni govt forces killed in Houthi missile attacks
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks yesterday, a military source said, in one of the deadliest days of the country's civil war in four years.
58 Yemeni government forces were killed in Houthi missile attacks in the Marib province, according to a military source. The attacks came a day after the deadliest in years, raising concerns of renewed conflict in Yemen. The rebels had targeted residential areas and displacement camps, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others.
The Saudi-backed government claimed the Houthis had shelled these locations, killing civilians and wounding others. The Saudi-led coalition vowed not to stand idly by as the Houthis escalated their attacks, but would not seek escalation. The rebels claimed to have attacked government-held military camps with missiles and drones, killing 58 government troops.
Yemen, already embroiled in a decade-long war, became a front in the US-Iran conflict last month when the Houthis welcomed an Iranian plane to Sanaa.
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