Military commander loyal to coalition killed in Marib

MARIB, Sept. 9 (YPA) – A military commander loyal to coalition was killed in clashes in fronts southwest of Marib province, local sources said on Tuesday.

Colonel Saleh Nasser Saeed Behehh, battalion commander in the 143rd Brigade, was killed by fire from the Yemeni army and popular committees in the Front al-Jubah, the sources explained

The sources said that the coalition forces suffered heavy losses in the equipment and lives in the outskirts of Al-Juba directorate, in which dozens of coalition forces were killed, wounded and captured.

According to the sources, the army and popular committees launched a major offensive towards coalition positions in the Al-Juba front south of Marib city.

E.M