Yemen War Intensifying -- News Updates October 17, 2021

 

Middle East Eye: Yemen: Saudi-led coalition kills 165 Houthi rebels as battle for Marib rages 

The coalition says it has killed at least 1,000 Houthi rebels during the past week of fighting for the oil-rich province 

The Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen's government said it has killed at least 165 Houthi rebels in strikes south of Marib during the past 24 hours, as the battle for the strategic city rages. 

The Sunday strikes "destroyed 10 military vehicles and killed more than 165" rebels in the Abdiya district, the coalition said in a statement cited by the official Saudi Press Agency. 

The coalition has said it has killed around 1,000 Iran-backed rebels in strikes in the area in the past week, making daily announcements of at least dozens of rebel deaths.  

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WNU Editor: The Saudi-coalition is claiming it has killed scores of Houthi rebels in the past week. Reuters is seeing a different picture .... Yemen's Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib (Reuters). 

Yemen War Intensifying -- News Updates October 17, 2021  

Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib as fighting intensifies in Yemen -- TRT  

165 Houthis killed in coalition airstrikes in Marib battleground -- Arab News  

Saudi-led coalition kills over 165 Houthi rebels near Yemen's Marib -- Daily Sabah  

Saudi-led coalition intensify air strikes against Yemen Houthi rebels -- France 24  

Thousands Trapped in Yemen’s Marib as Fighting Escalates -- VOA  

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing as economy collapses: UN -- Al Jazeera  

UN: Yemen economy is collapsing, humanitarian crisis rising -- AP