Yemeni Website: 3 Lebanese Alleged Hizbullah Members Killed in Saada Battles
A well-informed Yemeni military source announced on Friday that three Lebanese experts, supposedly Hizbullah members, were killed in the ongoing battles between the Yemeni government forces and Zaidi Shiite rebels in Saada province north of Yemen.
Maareb Press website, affiliated with opposition”s "Reform Party", quoted a well-informed military source that "3 Lebanese working as explosives experts were killed on Thursday in an aerial raid on Saada”s Malaheez Bani Oreij area".
The website added: "The (Yemeni) army waged a major offensive on Malaheez”s front – the scene of fierce battles – and regained a mountains chain previously controlled by the Huthi rebels."
On his side, the Huthis spokesman Mohamad Abdul Salam denied that any battles had happened in Malaheez area on Thursday.
Abdul Salam said Friday in a statement that the battles were concentrated in Harf Sufyan and Saada”s outskirts where 2 army tanks were destroyed.