The military alliance led by Saudi Arabia, which intervened in the 2015 war in Yemen, announced on Wednesday that at least 140 Shiite Houthi rebels had been killed in airstrikes in the past 24 hours in the strategically important northern province of Marib. recognized government in the region, where hostilities continue to rage.
For almost a month, the Riyadh alliance has reported tens to hundreds of guerrilla deaths in its air strikes on an almost daily basis; their losses.
The alliance supports from the air, often in close proximity, the forces that declare allegiance to the internationally recognized government and try to repel the Houthis. Shiite rebels have been battling since February to seize the city and the oil-rich province of Marib, the last out of control in the north of the war-torn country, and are advancing despite their losses.
“18 military vehicles were destroyed and 145 terrorists were killed” in the bombings in the past 24 hours in Seroua (east of Marib) and Al Jouf (north), the alliance said in a statement broadcast by the official Saudi news agency SPA. Saudi Arabia uses the term “terrorists” when referring to Shiite rebels close to Iran, its main rival in the region.
Nearly 2,500 insurgents have been killed in recent days, according to alliance announcements. Nevertheless, the day before yesterday, Tuesday, a government army officer admitted that the guerrillas were advancing.
A rebel spokesman, Yahya Sari, said they were now very close to the city, the main point of contention.
The conflict of more than seven years in the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, most of them civilians, and displaced millions more, according to international aid organizations. According to the UN, the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world is unfolding in Yemen in recent years.
