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| Coalition raid kills 98 Houthi rebels in Sanaa |
| 2015-10-24 |
| [khaleejtimes] An air strike by the Saudi-led Arab coalition on Sanaa killed 98 Houthi rebels and wounded 45 on Friday, according to Yemeni media sources. Senior Houthi and Iranian officials were meeting at the house of former general Ali Mohsen Al Ahmer in the Yemeni capital when the air strike happened. The general had served as an adviser to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Preliminary figures revealed that the blitz resulted in the killing of 98 rebels. "Among those killed were local Houthi leaders Saleh Ahmed Gargash, Abdullah Ahmed Al Madani, Hussein Abdullah Aiyza, and an Iranian identified as Khouri Obaid Aga," the sources added. Meanwhile, heavy fighting between Yemeni pro-government forces and rebels besieging the western city of Taiz killed 71 Houthis in the past two days, Yemeni security officials said on Friday. Of those killed, 11 were civilians and the rest were fighters from both sides. Another 100 people have been wounded in fighting in the city, where a Saudi-led coalition is carrying out airstrikes against the rebel |
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