Clashes Kill 39 Combatants Outside Yemen's Hodeida: Medics
Faizan Hashmi Published June 14, 2018 | 05:05 PM
Heavy clashes killed 39 combatants outside Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida on Thursday, as a coalition backed offensive to retake the key aid hub entered its second day.
Al Duraihimi, Yemen, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Jun, 2018 ) :Heavy clashes killed 39 combatants outside Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida on Thursday, as a coalition backed offensive to retake the key aid hub entered its second day.
Yemen's Huthi rebels suffered 30 fatalities in the clashes, which took placetwo kilometres from Hodeida airport, south of the city, medical sources told AFP.
Nine pro-government troops were killed in the same area, the medics said.
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