Ten soldiers of the government of Yemen supported by the military coalition of Saudi Arabia were killed this Sunday August 27 in an attack by Houthi rebels after more than a year of relative lull in this war which ravaged the country. This was reported by military sources.
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Ten soldiers were killed and 12 others injured in a “surprise attack” by the Houthis on the borders between the southern provinces of Lahj and Al-Bayda on Sunday, government military sources said. requested anonymity.
According to these same sources, the attack targeted a site of the separatist forces in the south, allied to the government against the Houthis and supported by the United Arab Emirates, another key player in the Saudi military coalition.
The clashes also left four dead in the Houthi camp, as well as several injured, the sources said. The rebels, who very rarely communicate on their losses, did not make an announcement.
Truce negotiated in April 2022
A UN-brokered truce which came into force in April 2022 has offered some respite to a population of 30 million, more than three-quarters of whom depend on humanitarian aid.
Having officially expired last October, the truce has held relatively since and talks between the rebels and Riyadh have even taken place, but still without major progress. In recent months, southern Yemen has been rocked by violence, involving in particular the jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa), also targeting separatists supported by Abu Dhabi.
The recent rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, which supports the Yemeni government, and Iran, close to the rebels, has raised hopes for appeasement, but peace negotiations remain at an impasse in this country on the Arabian Peninsula plunged in one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The war in Yemen has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced, with the UN regularly warning of the risk of acute hunger or even large-scale famine, against a backdrop of declining international aid.
Last week, the World Food Program (WFP) said it was “forced” to reduce “vital” aid to Yemen from the end of September, the UN agency having received “only 28%” of the most a billion dollars of funds needed for its activities in the country.
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(With AFP)