Houthi Ballistic Missile Lands in Marib Residential Neighborhood

Debris of a Houthi ballistic missile. Asharq Al-Awsat file photo
Debris of a Houthi ballistic missile. Asharq Al-Awsat file photo
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Houthi Ballistic Missile Lands in Marib Residential Neighborhood

Debris of a Houthi ballistic missile. Asharq Al-Awsat file photo
Debris of a Houthi ballistic missile. Asharq Al-Awsat file photo

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen has said that a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias landed in Yemen’s Marib province.

In a statement issued late Wednesday, Coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said that the missile fired by the Iran-backed insurgents fell in a residential neighborhood of Marib city.

He accused the Houthis of ongoing violations of international humanitarian law by randomly launching missiles and threatening the lives of hundreds of civilians.

Wednesday’s attack was a “deliberate escalation against innocent civilians as part of the Houthi approach to target civilians in Yemen and its neighboring countries,” he said.

The Coalition Command continues to take decisive measures to destroy Houthi missile capabilities to protect civilians, and regional and international security, Malki added.



ISIS Kills Five Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
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ISIS Kills Five Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)

The ISIS militant group said on Monday it killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor, according to the group's news agency.

The spokesperson for Syria's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Farhad Shami confirmed to Reuters that five members were killed in the attack which he described as "one of deadliest" against the group in a while.

Deir Ezzor city was captured by the ISIS group in 2014, but the Syrian army retook it in 2017.

Former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called “caliphate” over a quarter of Syria and Iraq in 2014 before he was killed in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria in 2019 as the group collapsed.

It has been recently trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia.