38 Yemeni troops killed in Houthi attacks: sources

Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen yesterday killed at least 38 government troops and injured 29, two medical sources told AFP, in one of the deadliest days between the two sides in years.

A military official told AFP that a military camp in the al-Ruwaik area of Marib province, in central Yemen, had been attacked, as well as camps in the Al-Abr and Al-Wadiah areas of Hadramawt, near the border with Saudi Arabia.

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One of the missile attacks hit troops during their morning formation at the camp in Marib province, “killing and wounding at least 45 personnel”, said another military source, who declined to be named for security reasons.

Yemen, which has been embroiled in more than a decade of war, last month became the latest front to be sucked into the US-Iran war, as the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels upended a 2022 truce with the Saudi-backed government.