An air strike by the pro-government Saudi-led coalition killed five Shiite rebels today when it targeted a convoy of three vehicles in Marees, in the southern province of Daleh, a military official said.
One of the vehicles was transporting weapons, the official said, adding three other rebels were wounded in the strike.
Six other insurgents were killed in a similar raid on two vehicles in Al-Makhdara, in the central province of Marib, another military official said.
The Arab coalition started an air campaign against the Iran-backed rebels in March 2015 after the insurgents closed in on President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in his refuge in the southern city of Aden.
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Rebel media accused the coalition of conducting air strikes today across several regions in Yemen, killing two civilians in the western province of Hodeida.
A military official told AFP an air strike yesterday hit a house in Marib, killing five members of the same family.
It took place in the village of Wadi Habab, in the Sarwah region, a major front in the war between the rebels and forces loyal to Hadi, the insurgents' news website sabanews.Net said.
The Yemen conflict has killed more than 7,000 people since the coalition intervened, according to the United Nations.
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