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Nearly nine forces loyal to Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the former Yemeni president, were killed on Tuesday in an airstrike launched by the Saudi-led coalition in the northern Marib province, a military official told Xinhua.
The military source said on condition of anonymity that "warplanes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition mistakenly targeted a military site of the pro-Hadi forces in Jafra area in the northern part of Marib province."
He said that the airstrike occurred while fighting was taking place between the militants and the Yemeni army in the same area
"Nearly nine soldiers were killed and ten others injured as a result of the Saudi-led airstrike that mistakenly missed its target and hit our forces," the source said.
He confirmed that the Saudi-led Arab coalition was participating in the ongoing fighting and launched a series of other airstrikes against the army.
On Sunday, fierce clashes and airstrikes also escalated Sunday on several fronts in Nehm district of the capital Sana’a, as the Yemeni army and the popular committees seized control of mountains overlooking the roads linking Sana’a with Jawf and Marib province.
The UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has called on all Yemeni parties "to cease all military activities," warning that such escalation could fail the fragile peace process.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
