Marib (Debriefer) - The Saudi-led coalition warplanes on Sunday targeted Houthi military reinforcements heading for the Yemeni northeastern governorate of Marib.
The Arab coalition airstrikes destroyed vehicles and pickups transporting reinforcements to Houthis fighters in Sirwah and al-Makhdarah, the Yemeni armed forces' media center said, leaving all the troops onboard killed or injured and the ordnance destroyed.
Earlier on Sunday, the government artillery shelled Houthi gatherings in different sites in Sirwah, inflicting the fighters gross losses in lives and ordnance, the center added.
Marib sees fierce battles pitting Yemen's official army and tribesmen against the Houthi group in Sirwah, where the latter suffered heavy losses.
The group took control of a camp in one of the five districts, but made no progress in the other four, according to the Xinhua.
The coalition spokesman, Turki al-Maliki, told al-Arabiya that more than 700 Houthis were killed in four days of hostilities.
