Yemeni Army Attacks Coalition-Backed Militants’ Positions in Marib

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The Yemeni army and popular committees on Monday carried out a unique offensive against the positions of Saudi-backed militias in Yemen’s Marib province, a military official told Yemen Press Agency.

Dozens of the militants were killed and others injured in the attack which targeted their positions along al-Makhadar front in the district of Sirwah, the official added.

Meanwhile, the artillery forces shelled the positions of the militants at Tabab Alsud in Adiaq front, causing direct casualties.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of Hadi back to power and crushing the country’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement.

The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen, in a statement released on October 15, announced that the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against the impoverished and conflict-plagued Arab country has resulted in the death of 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children and 2,277 women.

A total of 23,822 civilians, among them 3,526 children and 2,587 women, have also sustained injuries, and are currently suffering from the lack of medicine, medical supplies and poor treatment due to the crippling Saudi siege.

The center further noted that the Saudi military aggression has also caused the death of nearly 2,200 Yemenis from cholera.

It highlighted that aerial assaults being conducted by the Saudi-led alliance have resulted in the destruction of 15 airports and 14 ports, and damaged 2,559 roads and bridges in addition to 781 water storage facilities, 191 power stations and 426 telecommunications towers.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team