DUBAI: The Yemeni army inflicted heavy casualties on Iran-backed Houthis during clashes on the eastern front of the central city of Taiz on Sunday, Saudi state-run channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.
According to local media, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces quoted a source on the ground as saying that fierce battles took place between the army and Houthi fighters in the neighborhood of Al-Tashreefat and around the Mohammad Ali Osman school.
The clashes spread to the eastern periphery of a group of villages where Yemeni army artillery hit several Houthi positions and destroyed a tank and a BMP anti-infantry vehicle.
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Yemeni army inflicts heavy losses on Houthi terrorists in Taiz
Yemeni army inflicts heavy losses on Houthi terrorists in Taiz
Italian base in Iraqi Kurdistan hit by missile
ERBIL: An Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was struck by a missile overnight though no injuries were reported, the Italian defense ministry said on Thursday.
“A missile hit our base in Irbil. There are no casualties or injuries among the Italian personnel. They are all fine,” the ministry said on X shortly after midnight on Thursday.
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has been in constant contact with senior military commanders over the incident, the ministry added.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a separate message on X that Italian military personnel had taken shelter in a bunker and all were “well and safe.”
Italy has around 300 troops in Irbil, working on training Kurdish security forces, the defense ministry said on its website.
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