An ambush kills 23 Houthis in Nehm

English - Monday 22 June 2020 الساعة 06:46 pm
Sanaa, Newsyemen


Military sources said that they killed at least twenty-three members of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, and wounded others, today in clashes in the Salb front, Nehm district, east of Sanaa governorate.

According to the sources, the militia casualties fell in an ambush by the army and tribes in the Salb front, after a siege was imposed on them from all sides.

This coincided with air strikes targeting locations, gatherings, and reinforcements of the Houthi militia on the Salb fronts, Najd al-Ataq and other locations in the Nehm district.

The sources said that the air strikes resulted in loss of life and equipment, including the destruction of three vehicles and four crews, and the killing of all the militia members on board.