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Saudi-led coalition says killed 8 Lebanese Hezbollah members in Yemen
RIYADH, June 25, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels
in Yemen on Monday said its forces killed eight members of Lebanon’s Shiite
militant group Hezbollah in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border.
“The coalition killed 41 terrorist elements in Maran and destroyed their
vehicles and equipment. Among the dead were eight members of Lebanese
Hezbollah, including a commander,” coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-
Maliki said in a statement, without providing further details.
Maran is in Saada province, a stronghold of Yemen’s Shiite Huthi rebels who
are backed by Iran.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1524 hrs