Press TV - Yemeni forces have killed as many as nine Saudi-backed militants, hitting them in two separate counterstrikes throughout the impoverished nation.
Yemens Army and its allies have been hitting back against Saudi Arabia which has been pounding its impoverished neighbor for more than two years now.
On Saturday, the Army and their allies killed five Saudi mercenaries in Midi District of the northwestern Hajjah Province, Yemens al-Masirah television network said.
A day earlier, the Army and Houthi fightershad downed a spydrone belonging to the mercenaries in the same region.
Also on Saturday, Yemeni snipers took out four Saudi-backedmilitants in Sirwah District of the west-central Marib Province.
Al-Masirah furtherreported heavy confrontation between the Army and militants in Jawf Province, which is similarly located in the northwest.
The soldiers and Houthi fightersfired rockets at the al-Salatah military base in Saudi Arabias southwestern Najran region whileSaudi warplanes staged three airstrikes against the strategic al-Dailami airbase, north of the capital Sanaa.
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Yemeni supporters of the Houthi Ansarullah movement attend rally to mark two years of the military invasion by Saudi Arabia, in the capital Sanaa on March 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]US drone raid
Various reports said a US drone had hit al-Jubah District in Marib, allegedly killing four al-Qaeda elements on Friday.
The militants were purportedly targeted while leaving the Marib for the nearby province of Bayda.
Successive US administrations have been ordering unauthorized drone attacks against Yemen and other Muslim countries.
Soon after incumbent President Donald Trumps inauguration in January, the Pentagon ordered an air raid against Bayda. The strike came to be known as the botched raid after it killed as many as 25 civilians and a US commando.
The Pentagon, however, continued to order 20 more attacks using manned and unmanned aircraft against purported al-Qaeda targets in Bayda and two more south-central provinces of Abyan and Shabwah in March.
