Houthi Attacks on Yemeni Military Threaten to Reignite Civil War

The Iranian-backed militia said it had targeted the armed forces in two resource-rich provinces, as escalating violence in Yemen imperils a fragile truce. Reporting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Yemeni military said Thursday that the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia, had attacked the armed forces of the internationally recognized government in two provinces, an escalation that threatens to reignite Yemen’s long-simmering civil war. The Houthis targeted “several camps and units of the Armed Forces deployed in Marib and Hadramout provinces,” the Yemeni defense ministry said in a statement posted on social media. The military said its soldiers were killed and injured but did not provide an exact number.

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