Saudi Arabia claims it has killed scores of Houthi fighters in raids
Saudi-led coalition says it has killed hundreds of fighters in near-daily strikes since the Houthis renewed a major push to seize Yemen’s Marib city.
Fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen's Houthi rebels has escalated over the past months.
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has killed another 126 Houthi rebels in the past 24 hours in raids around the northern pro-government stronghold of Marib.
The coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, has reported near-daily strikes over the past month against the Iran-backed Houthis, each time claiming high losses.
The rebels, who have for months waged an offensive against the government stronghold, rarely comment on losses.
Saudi tolls, therefore, could not be independently verified.
On Friday, the coalition said its strikes "destroyed 16 military vehicles and eliminated 126 terrorists", the official Saudi SPA news agency reported.
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Battle for Marib
The Houthis began a major push to seize Marib city in February and, after a lull, they renewed their offensive in September.
Marib, capital of the oil-rich province of the same name, is the embattled government's last bastion in northern Yemen.
Yemen's civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa, prompting Saudi-led forces to intervene to prop up the government the following year.
Tens of thousands of people have died and millions displaced in what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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