The allied forces gunned down one Saudi trooper at the al-Moannaq military outpost in the kingdoms Jizan region on Saturday, Yemens al-Masirah television network reported.Separately, Yemeni sharpshooters killed three more Saudi troops in a blitz against military bases in Najran.
A Saudi military vehicle was also destroyed while traveling in the Midi Desert in Jizan.
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Al-Masirah published a video, released by Yemens War Media, showing mercenaries fleeing the al-Qavieh base in Jizan on board two vehicles, leaving behind their equipment.A Yemeni army unit then goes there and takes away some of the accoutrement.
Yemeni forceshave been responding to Saudi Arabias more than two years ofinvasionlaunched in support of a former government. Thousands of civilians have been killed in the war which has also destroyedYemen's infrastructure and put the country on the brink of a famine.
The Yemenis have stepped up their retaliatory strikes against Saudimercenaries, who have been trying to push deeper into the impoverished country after occupying the Red Sea port of Aden.
On Saturday, loyalist forces backed bySaudi Arabialaunched an assault to seize the Khaled Ibn al-Walid base fromHouthi fightersand their alliesnear Yemen's west coast.
At least 25 loyalists offormer president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi fighters were killed inclashes around thekey military located30 kilometersfrom theRed Sea town of Mokha which pro-Saudiforces capturedin February.
Military and medical sources told the French news agencyAFP thatSaudi warplanes had bombedHouthi positions as they tried to push backthe advancing mercenaries.
Nine Houthi fighterswere killed and two others wounded in twin Saudiairstrikes targeting three vehicles bringing reinforcements to the camp, the report said. Afurther 12 Houthisand four Hadi loyalistswere killed in fighting overnight, it added.
The camp, one of the biggestin Yemen, sits on a key road linking Mokha to the Houthi-controlled port city ofHudaydah and Taizz.
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