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Article: Yemeni army says dozens of rebels killed in air raids
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 16, 2009
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Yemeni army says dozens of rebels killed in air raids
SANAA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni army said on Wednesday dozens
of Shiite rebels have been killed and others wounded in a series of
air raids in Northern Yemen, pan-Arab al-Jazeera TV reported.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said eyewitnesses told him that a number
of rebels fell in the attacks which targeted an area about 50 km
away from Harf Sufian which separates Saada from other Yemeni
provinces.
Some eye witnesses said a number of civilians were among the
victims as the area was neighboring a displacement camp. However, a
military spokesman said the army's attack concentrated only on the
strongholds of the Houthi rebels in the ...