At least 140 Iranian-backed Houthi fighters were killed on Thursday 2. The army told Arab News in September during violent clashes with Yemeni government forces in the central province of Marib.
Yemeni military officials, backed by Arab coalition planes, said government forces had been able to repel recent attacks. Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has pledged to question Iran's efforts to spread its revolutionary beliefs and undermine Yemen's security.
The current escalation began on Saturday with Houthi's move to Marib. The constant fighting over the last 24 hours, combined with more than 41 coalition attacks with strikes against dozens of enemy reinforcements and equipment, has led to a heavy loss of the militant group.
Yahiya al-Hatemi, director of the military media in the Yemeni army, told Arab News: “These are the most aggressive battles of the last five years. The Yemeni army repulsed all attacks. “
He pointed out that on Wednesday, coalition war planes destroyed six vehicles carrying dozens of Hutsis. “If we counted the killings of the Houthis in the raid, there would be more than 140.”
Pro-government accounts on Twitter have posted graphic images of dozens of dead Houths lying on mountain battlefields in Khelan, Al-Mashya, Rahab and Al-Qasara in Marib Province. Many others are believed to have been injured.
Despite heavy losses, the Hutis have been trying to gain control of the oil city of Marib, the last major government stronghold in the north of the country, since February. . Local and international humanitarian organizations have repeatedly warned. That group attacks on Marib would seriously endanger tens of thousands of people and could trigger a wave of refugees.
Since coming to power in early 2012, the Snakes have criticized Tehran for interfering in Yemeni affairs and accused them of supplying the Hutis with modern weapons and money.