Pro-coalition military commander killed in Marib

MARIB, Aug. 18 (YPA) – A high-ranking military commander loyal to the Saudi-led coalition forces was killed along with dozens of officers and recruits, in explosions in a coalition camp in northern Marib and eastern Jawf province at dawn on Wednesday.

Lieutenant Colonel “Suhaib Al-Salahi,” deputy chief of operations of the so-called “Al-Majd Brigade, Border Guard” of the coalition forces, was killed along with dozens of coalition officers and recruits as a result of the huge explosions that hit a newly developed military site of the coalition forces in Al-Khanjar desert, local sources told Yemen Press Agency.

The sources indicated that the explosions were caused by an unknown missile attack, confirming the coalition forces are reticent about revealing the nature of the explosions and the number of dead and wounded.

As of this writing, no party has claimed responsibility for the attack.

YPA