Pro-coalition leader killed in Hodeida

HODEIDA, Dec. 18 (YPA) – A top commander loyal to the Saudi-led coalition forces was killed on Saturday in the south of Hodeida province.

A spokesman for the so-called “joint forces” of the coalition, Sadiq Doweed, confirmed that the engineering commander of the Eighth Brigade, Farhan al-Saeedi, was killed by a mine explosion in one of the military sites south of Hays district.

Farhan al-Saeedi, one of the leaders of the Emirati-funded “Tariq Afash” forces backed by the UAE in the district.

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