Yemen: Houthi leaders killed in airstrike

Houthi leaders were killed in Shabwa by a Saudi-led coalition airstrikes yesterday, the Gulf News reported.

The Houthi leaders were holding a meeting in a Civil Status Department in Bayhan town in Shabwa which the Saudi-led coalition bombed. The building was destroyed by the airstrikes and witnesses told Gulf News reporters that there were no survivors.

Ambulances rushed to the scene form the Bayhan’s main hospital. Houthi fighters blocked roads leading to the hospital and prevented hospital patients from leaving.

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Houthi media sources have not commented on the airstrike or who was killed.

The Bayhan district is the last Houthi stronghold in the Shabwa province, a region that has witnessed fierce fighting between Saudi-led coalition forces and the Houthi group.