A top Yemeni military officer was killed by a missile fired by the Houthis (Ansarallah) as Yemeni forces advanced up the Red Sea coast, AFP reported Wednesday (February 22nd).
Army deputy chief of staff Maj. Gen. Ahmad Saif al-Yafii was killed by a heat-seeking missile on the outskirts of the town of Mokha, a military source said.
Yemeni forces launched an offensive in January to try to recapture Yemen's 450-kilometre Red Sea coastline, which had previously been almost entirely controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis.
The Houthis and their allies had pushed back south and reached the eastern outskirts of Mokha, which the army had retaken on February 10th.
