Scores of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were killed and injured on Tuesday southwest of the al-Durayhimi district in Yemen’s western coastal province of Hodeida, when Yemeni soldiers and allied fighters from Popular Committees repelled the former’s assault.
Yemen's health minister has warned that more than eight thousand hemodialysis patients will lose their lives if the Saudi-imposed blockade on the country persists and medical supplies run out.
The Saudi-led coalition sent a large number of reinforcements from the Sudanese Army to the Hodeida front this past weekend.
Yemeni troops, backed by popular committees, heavily shelled the positions of Saudi-backed mercenaries in the border region of Asir, inflicting major losses on them.
Yemeni security officials say an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has killed four civilians working at a bee farm in the Red Sea city of Hodeida.
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Senior Aide to the Iranian Foreign Minister, has discussed the ongoing crisis in Yemen with Swedish envoy for Yemen and Libya.
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