Houthi attacks kill at least 10 in Yemen as rebels target oil-rich Marib
At least eight members of Yemeni government forces and two civilians were killed Friday in new attacks by Houthi rebels in an oil-rich province.
On Friday, two civilians lost their lives and fourteen others sustained injuries when Houthi forces targeted Marib, Yemen, with ballistic missiles and drones, according to state news agency SABA, as reported by Reuters. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned on Saturday that the nation now faces a heightened risk of widespread conflict, surpassing any point since the UN-mediated truce in April 2022.
In response, Yemen's armed forces announced early Saturday that they had launched counterattacks against the Houthi forces across multiple sectors along the lines of contact. A spokesperson for the Yemeni armed forces, as broadcast on Yemen TV, claimed that the operation had achieved its intended goals and issued a stern warning that any further Houthi attacks would be met with a military response "without leniency." The army, however, refrained from providing specifics about the operations or the time they were executed.
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