Houthi Rebels Claim Responsibility For The Rocket Attack That Killed 45 U.A.E. Soldiers in Yemen

WSJ: Houthi Rebels Were Behind Attack That Killed 45 U.A.E. Soldiers in Yemen

Deaths constitute largest number of fatalities in a single day for Saudi-led coalition

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels were behind a rocket attack that killed 45 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates, Emirati officials said Saturday, as the country increased airstrikes against the militants in retaliation.

The deaths constitute the largest single-day toll absorbed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of mostly Sunni Arab states that has been fighting the Shiite group since March.

Saturday’s airstrikes targeted Houthi positions in the provinces of Al Bayda and Mari’b, where state news agency WAM said a U.A.E. ammunition depot exploded Friday after being hit by a surface-to-surface missile, killing the military personnel.

Dozens of coalition soldiers were killed using a Tochka ballistic missile, the Houthis said on their official Saba news agency.

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