Saudi-led airstrike kills 28 Huthi rebels in Yemen

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 12:49 AM

Saudi-led airstrike kills 28 Huthi rebels in Yemen

Yemen, Dec 15: UN refugee agency UNHCR warned of a new displacement of civilians in Yemen. Saudi-led air-strikes attacked Yemen and killed 28 Huthi rebels in south port of Hodeida on Yemen’s west coast.

The security sources said the air strikes yesterday and today hit five towns controlled by the Huthis around 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of Hodeida.

Medical sources said 28 Huthis were killed and 17 others wounded in the strikes.

There has been no let-up in the air campaign against the rebels that a Saudi-led coalition has been waging since March 2015.

The air strikes have intensified since the December 4 killing of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the hands of the Huthis after his alliance with the rebels collapsed.

At the same time forces of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government have stepped up attacks on the rebels and last week retook the Red Sea town of Khokha from the Huthis.