Yemeni Forces Kill Dozens of Sudanese Mercenaries
SANAA (Dispatches) – Yemeni troops targeted the positions of Saudi-backed mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Asir, killing dozens of Sudanese militants there.
According to Yemen’s Saba news agency, the Sudanese mercenaries were killed as Yemeni forces shelled their military outposts in the al-Alab border crossing of Asir.
During the attack, a large amount of Saudi weaponry was also destroyed. The Saudi mercenaries suffered serious casualties in the operation.
The attack came in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure by the Saudi-led coalition.
In an earlier incident, Saudi-backed gunmen have shot dead a Lebanese aid worker of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen's southwestern city of Ta’izz and injured several others.
The Saudi mercenaries opened fire on Saturday on an ICRC vehicle in Zabab district in the west of the city, the website of Yemen's al-Masirah satellite TV network reported.
A medical source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the ICRC aid worker, Hanna Lahoud, was killed by multiple gunshots to his heart.
Most of Ta’izz is controlled by forces loyal to Yemen’s former Saudi-friendly government of president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while the Houthi Ansarullah movement still holds many parts of the surrounding area.
"We are in mourning for one of our colleagues who was shot dead in #Yemen this morning. We are trying to find out more about this tragic incident," ICRC Yemen tweeted.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Over 14,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have been killed in the military campaign.
This photo circulated in social media shows an ICRC vehicle which was attacked by a Saudi-backed militant in Yemen's southwestern city of Ta’izz on April 21, 2018.
According to Yemen’s Saba news agency, the Sudanese mercenaries were killed as Yemeni forces shelled their military outposts in the al-Alab border crossing of Asir.
During the attack, a large amount of Saudi weaponry was also destroyed. The Saudi mercenaries suffered serious casualties in the operation.
The attack came in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure by the Saudi-led coalition.
In an earlier incident, Saudi-backed gunmen have shot dead a Lebanese aid worker of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen's southwestern city of Ta’izz and injured several others.
The Saudi mercenaries opened fire on Saturday on an ICRC vehicle in Zabab district in the west of the city, the website of Yemen's al-Masirah satellite TV network reported.
A medical source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the ICRC aid worker, Hanna Lahoud, was killed by multiple gunshots to his heart.
Most of Ta’izz is controlled by forces loyal to Yemen’s former Saudi-friendly government of president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, while the Houthi Ansarullah movement still holds many parts of the surrounding area.
"We are in mourning for one of our colleagues who was shot dead in #Yemen this morning. We are trying to find out more about this tragic incident," ICRC Yemen tweeted.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Over 14,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have been killed in the military campaign.
This photo circulated in social media shows an ICRC vehicle which was attacked by a Saudi-backed militant in Yemen's southwestern city of Ta’izz on April 21, 2018.