Coalition’s violations of UN-brokered truce spark confrontations in Marib
MARIB, May 09 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition forces have continued to violate the UN declared truce in south and southwest of the city of Marib, northeastern Yemen.
Local sources in Marib said that the coalition forces launched artillery shelling towards the homes of citizens in the areas of “Malla’a” and Rawdha in Serwah.
The sources added that the coalition waged several attempts to infiltrate towards the positions of the Sanaa forces in “Al-Balaq Al-Sharqi” and “Al-Akad” Mountain chains, southwest of the city of Marib, with and intense flying of the drones.
According to the sources, the Sanaa forces managed to confront all the advances of the coalition forces and force them to flee without achieving any field progress.
About 9 coalition recruits were killed and 13 others injured during the coalition’s advance towards the eastern Balaq Al-Sharqi Mountains.
On Sunday, a Yemeni military source, in a news statement said that the coalition forces’ violation of the UN-brokered humanitarian and military truce in Yemen amounted to 46 violations during the past 24 hours, by flying armed and reconnaissance drones over the Marib.
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