More than 140 Killed in Latest Yemen Clashes: Military Sources
Military sources said 141 combatants were killed as government forces and Houthi rebels fought across several fronts and displaced nearly 1,800 families.
- More than 140 combatants were killed in heavy clashes between Yemeni government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels between midday Saturday and early Sunday, military sources from both sides told AFP.
- The conflict began after Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014, driving out the government; although a UN-brokered truce maintained relative calm since 2022, fighting has spread across several provinces in recent weeks.
- Government forces carried out at least 15 airstrikes against Houthi positions in Taiz and Hodeida Friday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported nearly 1,800 families displaced in two days amid escalation.
- Forces recaptured the strategically located Hais district south of Hodeida on Sunday, sitting near routes linking Hodeida, Taiz and Ibb provinces. Separately, Houthi shelling killed four civilians between Taiz and Aden, according to state-run Saba news agency.
- This escalation threatens the Bab Mandeb strait, the vital waterway connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and one of the world's most important shipping routes. The fighting marks a significant deterioration since the 2022 UN-brokered truce.
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More than 140 killed in latest Yemen clashes: military sources
Two military officials with the Saudi-backed government forces told AFP that 84 of their troops were killed, mostly in missile attacks, while four Houthi military sources said 57 rebel fighters were killed in the same period. Days-long clashes have erupted in Yemen over control of a gateway to the Red Sea in the deadliest fighting in the Arabian Peninsula country since a 2022 ceasefire between the two sides collapsed in July. Beginning on Thursd…
The Huthi militia has been trying for days to reach areas along the Strait of Bab al-Mandab. 140 people died most recently in battles against Yemen's government troops.
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El ComercioMore than 140 fighters died in clashes between Yemeni and Houthi forces following the collapse of the ceasefire in July.Clashes focus on access to the Red Sea.Rebels seek to control Moca and Bab el Mandeb, crucial to Saudi oil. Hostilities have left more than 300 dead since Thursday.
Two Saudi-backed military officials reported 84 dead soldiers, while 57 Huthis rebels were killed.
More than 140 people have been killed in clashes between Yemeni pro-government forces and pro-Iranian Houthis in southwestern Yemen, sources from both sides said today.
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