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Yemeni fighters hit positions of Saudi Arabia’s mercenaries, fatalities reported

Sunday, 18 October 2020 6:39 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 18 October 2020 7:10 PM ]

In this file picture, Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi are seen near a military base near Saffer, Yemen. (Photo by AP)

Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied the Popular Committees, have reportedly mounted an offensive in the southwestern province of Dhale, where dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi were killed.

An unnamed Yemeni military source told the Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that Yemeni troops and their allies launched an operation against the positions of mercenaries in Maris area of the province on Sunday evening.

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Elsewhere in the al-Dhaher district of the same Yemeni province, Saudi-led warplanes launched an air raid; though no reports of casualties and damage were immediately available.

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The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives for over the past five years.

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