Clashes in Yemen claimed 35 lives in two days
Baku, January 22, AZERTAC
At least 35 people have lost their lives over the past two days of clashes between Shia Ansarullah fighters and Yemeni security forces in the capital, Sana’a.
Medical and security sources provided the figure on Wednesday, adding that nearly 100 people were also injured.
Medics had earlier given a toll of 19 killed in the fighting on Monday and Tuesday.
Yemen has been the scene of tensions after the Shia fighters arrested Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff, on January 17.
Mubarak is also the secretary general of the national dialogue committee, which aims to secure a political transition in the country. Ansarullah revolutionaries accuse him of being a foreign agent.
Tensions escalated on January 19, when Ansarullah fighters, also known as Houthis, battled soldiers near the presidential palace and elsewhere across Sana’a, with gunfire and several explosions being heard around the city. The Shia fighters managed to take control of state media in Sana’a.
The Houthis’ al-Maseera satellite television channel said the military opened fire on their patrol in the area of the palace, which led to the outbreak of violence.
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