Houthis Continue to Suffer Losses in Marib as Governor Vows to Confront Iran’s Agenda

A truck loaded with furniture is pictured near a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. (Reuters)
A truck loaded with furniture is pictured near a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. (Reuters)
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Houthis Continue to Suffer Losses in Marib as Governor Vows to Confront Iran’s Agenda

A truck loaded with furniture is pictured near a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. (Reuters)
A truck loaded with furniture is pictured near a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen November 2, 2021. (Reuters)

The Saudi-led Arab coalition continues to support the Yemeni national army and popular resistance in their battles against the Iran-backed Houthi militias in the oil-rich Marib province.

The coalition announced that it had carried out 29 operations against the militias in Marib’s southern al-Joubah region and the Kassara region in its west in the past 24 hours.

In a brief statement, the coalition said the operations left 138 terrorist Houthis dead and destroyed 17 of their military vehicles.

On Saturday, the coalition said it carried out 32 operations in the al-Bayda and al-Jawf provinces in western Marib. Over 157 Houthis were killed and 14 of their military vehicles were destroyed in the operations.

At least 3,000 Houthis have been killed in the past six weeks of fighting and in coalition operations.

Meanwhile, Marib Governor General Sultan Al-Arada stressed that the province has withstood and continues to withstand the Iranian agenda.

The Iranian Houthis will not reach their goals, he vowed during a press tour of security forces.

“As Marib has defied the Iranian Houthi militias since the beginning of the conflict, it will destroy this project at its end,” he added.

He assured that Marib will resist the militias, hailing the Arab coalition and all its member countries.

On the displacement of people from the fighting, Arada urged the government to assume its responsibilities in supporting the local authority in shouldering their burden.



Israel Conducts 14 Strikes in South Lebanon

This pictures taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from the site of Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
This pictures taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from the site of Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Conducts 14 Strikes in South Lebanon

This pictures taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from the site of Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh on May 8, 2025. (AFP)
This pictures taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from the site of Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the southern Lebanese village of Nabatieh on May 8, 2025. (AFP)

Israel conducted 14 strikes in the Nabatieh area in south Lebanon on Thursday, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, one of Israel's most intense bombardments since a ceasefire brokered by the US in November.

In April, Israel struck a southern Beirut building that it said it was being used to store precision missiles belonging to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

Lebanon and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire in November which halted the fighting and mandated that southern Lebanon be free of Hezbollah fighters and weapons.