HODEIDA, Yemen, Nov 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 61 combatants have been
killed in clashes in Yemen’s flashpoint Hodeida, medics and a military source
said Sunday, and dozens of wounded were taken to hospitals outside the city.
Medics in the Red Sea city reported 43 Huthi rebels and nine loyalists
killed in clashes over the past 24 hours. Another nine loyalist fighters were
reported killed by medics at a hospital in government-held Mokha, south of
Hodeida. A government military source confirmed the toll. Dozens of wounded
rebels were transferred to hospitals in the provinces of Sanaa and Ibb,
further inland, a source at the Hodeida military hospital said.