Yemeni forces eliminate 18 Saudi-backed fighters

Yemeni army forces and their Houthi allies have launched an operation against fighters loyal to former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, in the country’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.

An unnamed military source told the al-Masirah on Saturday that 15 Saudi-backed mercenaries were neutralised and 18 others wounded when Yemeni forces thwarted their offensive. A further three vehicles were also destroyed.

Meanwhile, four Saudi-sponsored militiamen were killed and several others injured on Friday evening, when Yemeni soldiers and Popular Committees fighters lobbed a barrage of artillery rounds at their gathering in the Thua’bat area of Salh district in Tai’zz province, PressTV reported.