An ambush targets Houthis in Majzar in Marib, killing and capturing 17 of them

English - Tuesday 21 April 2020 الساعة 04:32 pm
Marib, Newsyemen:

 Seventeen of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, were killed and captured by tribal fire and the national army in the Majzar district, northwest of Ma'rib Governorate.

A military source said, 12 members of the militia fell in an ambush of the army after repelling an attack on their positions in the village of Al-Raqeeb in the Majzar district, while five others were captured and military vehicles seized by the militia were seized.

 On the other hand, local sources said that a civilian car carrying goods was damaged in a mine explosion planted by the Houthi militia on the road leading to the orphan region of the Khub and Al Shaaf district.

According to the sources, one of the passengers in the car was killed and others were wounded, while the car was destroyed with all its contents.