Ten soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded in a “surprise attack” launched by the Houthis today on the border between Lahj and al-Bayda provinces in southern Yemen, government sources said on condition of anonymity.
Ten members of the Yemeni army, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, were killed today in an attack by the Shiite Houthi rebels, after more than a year of lull in the war that has torn the country apart since 2015.
A recent rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s government, and Iran, which is close to the rebels, had raised hopes of an end to the conflict, but peace talks have stalled in the embattled Arabian Peninsula country. in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Ten soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded in a “surprise attack” launched by the Houthis today on the border between Lahj and al-Bayda provinces in southern Yemen, government sources said on condition of anonymity.
According to these sources, the attack was aimed at installing the separatist forces of southern Yemen, which have allied with the government against the Houthis and are supported by the United Arab Emirates.
The clashes also killed four members of the Shiite rebels, while many others were injured, the sources confirmed.
The Houthis have not issued a statement on the incident.
A UN-brokered ceasefire came into effect in April 2022 and offered a respite to Yemen’s 30 million people, more than three-quarters of whom depend on humanitarian aid.
Although the truce officially ended in October, the warring sides continued to observe it, while negotiations between the rebels and Riyadh took place, so far without significant results.
In recent months, southern Yemen has been rocked by violence, mainly attacks by al-Qaeda’s branch in the Arabian Peninsula against separatist forces.
The war in Yemen has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions, with the UN regularly warning that there is a risk of acute hunger or even large-scale famine in the country as humanitarian aid dwindles.
Last week the World Food Program (WFP) announced it would be “forced” to cut aid to Yemen from September as it has received “just 28%” of the more than a billion dollars needed for its operations in the country.
Source :Skai
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