More than 30 Houthi (Ansarallah) fighters were killed following Arab coalition air raids in Yemen’s al-Tuhayat directorate in the country’s west coast, as well as several Saada fronts, al-Arabiya reported Thursday (July 12th).
A security source said the raids targeted Houthi gatherings in a number of farms surrounding al-Tuhayat, which resulted in the destruction of four Houthi military vehicles, and death of militiamen including top Houthi officials.
Meanwhile, at least 15 Houthi fighters were killed, and several others injured after the Yemeni army deterred an attack by the Iran-backed militia on army posts in the Alab front, north of Saada.
Brig. Gen. Yasser Majli, commander of the 63rd infantry division, said army forces deterred the Houthi attack on al-Shaeer Mountain and al-Tabab in Baqim district.
The Houthis were trying to restore some of the posts they had lost control of, but failed, he said.
The army’s confrontations with the Houthis coincided with coalition airstrikes on Houthi posts in the area of Abwab al-Hadid and parts of al-Tabab.
