Heavy fighting kills 27 people in central Yemen

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SANNA, 27 February 2021, (TON): Yemeni security forces have claimed that heavy fighting between rebels and Government forces in Yemen's oil-rich Marib has killed at least 27 people.

According to the local tribal leaders Iran has intensified increased its military aid to the rebels. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels earlier this month renewed their attack on Marib to defeat the Yemeni forces allied with the internationally recognized government. Reports claims that Houthi rebels are also being equipped and aided by the foreign western groups as well as the Iranian government. One witness said that in the past twenty-four hours most of those killed were rebel fighters to had launched offensive attacks to take over the area from Yemeni forces.       

 

 

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