2 missiles launched by militias intercepted in Marib

The Saudi-led Arab coalition intercepted two patriot missiles launched by Houthis and supporters of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh at Marib city.

According to the resistance media center Sabaa, the missiles were intercepted and destroyed Thursday evening.

No casualties were reported, the center said.
The militias violated the 72-hour truce several times in Marib, the center said.

The center said the militias fired a katyusha rocket at a school in northern Marib, leaving behind two teachers injured.

The militias also launched a violent attack at army and resistance posts in Marib, killing two soldiers and injuring five others, the center said.

In the northeastern Yemen city of Jawf, the militias of Houthis and Saleh supporters attacked army and resistance posts, but army forces retaliated for the attack, the center said.

In Taiz, fierce clashes broke out between the two sides.

The United Nations-brokered truce was put into effect at 23:59 Yemen time (2059 GMT) on Wednesday.

Earlier Friday, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel Malak al Makhlafi lashed out at the militias for not adhering to the ceasefire, stressing the government keenness on rendering the truce successful to secure a chance for UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to continue his peace efforts.

This is the fourth truce clinched between the government forces and the militias.

The first ceasefire was secured in May 2015, the second in December 2015 and the third in April 2016.

The militias used to initiate the violation of the truce.

Since 2014, Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, which is the country’s main opposition force. The Houthis are backed by army units loyal to former Yemeni president Saleh.

A Saudi–led coalition commenced airstrikes in Yemen in March 2015 in support of Hadi’s forces, which have been fighting Houthis in the country.

Source: MENA