Nearly 80 rebels and pro-government troops have been killed in fighting for the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, military sources told AFP on Wednesday. "Sixty Houthi rebels were killed most of them in airstrikes conducted in the last 24 hours -- while 18 pro-government troops were killed and dozens injured in clashes over the past 48 hours," a government military official said.

Nearly 80 killed in fighting for the strategic Yemeni city of Marib: Sources

At least 17 people have been killed in an explosion near a petrol station in the Yemeni city of Marib. Dozens have been injured in the incident including five children. The petrol station is located about a kilometre from the military base.

At least 17 killed in Houthi ballistic missile attack on Yemen's Marib

At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in an explosion near a petrol station in the Yemeni city of Marib which members of the Saudi-backed government blamed on a missile strike by Houthi forces.

Explosion in Yemeni city of Marib kills at least 12, death toll may rise

Heavy fighting near the Yemeni city of Marib has killed 96 combatants over the past two days as the Houthi rebels have stepped up their offensive on the government's last northern toehold.

Houthi rebels attack Yemen forces: 96 killed in fighting near Marib

The fight for control over the strategic region of Marib has heated up in Yemen and loyalist military officials have said that 70 pro-government and Houthi rebel fighters have died.

Yemen: 70 dead in fighting over Marib region, say loyalist officials

Fighting for the key region of Marib in Yemen has intensified and as per loyalist military officials who were quoted by news agencies, 53 pro-government and Houthi rebel fighters were killed in the past 24 hours.

Yemen: Battle for Marib heats up

A drone strike sparked a fire at a Riyadh oil refinery Friday, in an attack claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels, as the Iran-backed insurgents made major advances on the embattled Yemeni city of Marib.

Drones spark fire at Saudi refinery as Huthis advance on Yemen's Marib

Fierce fighting between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels has killed at least 90 combatants on both sides in the past 24 hours, government military sources said on Saturday.

Fighting in Yemen's Marib kills 90 in 24 hours: Sources 

Saudi Arabia-led millitary coalition said on Saturday that it thwarted a missile attack launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels. Loud explosions shook Riyadh on Saturday.

Houthi missile attack on Riyadh thwarted, says Saudi Arabia

In Yemen's gas-rich region of Marib, fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed government recited Koranic verses before launching a hail of mortar and machine gun fire towards rocky mountains, in a desperate bid to push back Houthi forces.

Yemen's war shifts focus to Marib, thousands of displaced at risk

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