Air raids kill 23 rebels in Yemen south: govt official

[WorldNews]

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At least 23 Yemeni rebels were killed in fresh Saudi-led coalition air strikes Thursday on their positions in the southern town of Daleh, a government official there said. In Yemen's third city of Taez, meanwhile, a Red Cross official said his team retrieved the bodies of 10 pro-government soldiers thought to have died when rebels overran a loyalist base there on Wednesday. Speaking to AFP, the official said there were more bodies but that the Red Cross team was being denied access to the site by the Huthi Shiite rebels in the area. Several rebel positions in schools and public buildings were "razed" by air strikes in Daleh as well as in the nearby province of Lahj, said Nasser al-Shuaibi, a leader of armed groups loyal to Hadi.

 

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