Nearly 15,000 Yemeni Houthi fighters have been killed near the strategic city of Marib since June
Air strikes launched by the Saudi-led military coalition and the battles have killed nearly 14,700 Huthis since mid-June.
, in a rare admission of their casualties during the seven-year war. "The air strikes launched by the Saudi-led military coalition and the battles have killed nearly 14,700 Houthis since mid-June near Marib," an official at the Houthi-run defence ministry said on Thursday.On the pro-government side more than 1,200 fighters were killed in the same five-month period while defending area s near Marib, two government military officials said.
A Saudi-led coalition which intervened in 2015 to support the government has, since October 11, reported almost daily air strikes around Marib with a death toll, by their count, of around 3,800 rebels.The struggle over the strategic city Marib city is the internationally-recognised government's last major stronghold in Yemen's oil-rich north.The battle was halted multiple times due to negotiations, but the rebels renewed their attacks in February, there was a major assault in June, and a renewed push since September.
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