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Commander Loyal to Ex-Yemeni Leader Saleh Killed in Saudi Coalition's Airstrike

© AFP 2023 / MOHAMMED HUWAISSmoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 5, 2016
Smoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 5, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Saudi-led coalition killed a military commander of the Yemeni Republican Guard loyal to former country's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an airstrike, media reported.

Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Yemen from a post close to the Saudi-Yemeni border, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, on April 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The airstrike was conducted in the northern Yemeni province of Saada, the Al Arabiya broadcaster said Tuesday.

Since 2014, Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi fighters, supported by army units loyal to Saleh.

Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the rebels.

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