Houthi attacks kill at least 10 in Yemen as rebels target oil-rich Marib

Houthi attacks on Yemen's Marib province killed at least 10 people Friday, according to a minister and military source, as the rebels escalated strikes on the oil-rich region a day after their deadliest attack in years. The latest violence has raised the spectre of a return to war in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, where a 2022 truce between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government had largely held before unravelling last month. A Yemeni military source told AFP that Houthi attacks in Marib province killed eight members of government forces and wounded 12 others. Read moreHouthi rebels kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces The health minister for the Saudi-backed government said the rebels had shelled residential areas and displacement camps in Marib city, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The Iran-backed rebels later claimed an attack on a government-held military camp in Marib province. "The Saudi enemy continued to mobilise and incite its forces ... these forces were attacked along with their arsenals, vehicles and military equipment in the Sahn al-Jinn camp with a large number of missiles and drones," Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree ...