| The Yemeni Army has killed about 90 armed supporters of a preacher holding out in a remote mountainous area of the country, military sources said yesterday. The latest violence brings to about 300 the number of people killed in a month of fighting between government forces and supporters of an uprising led by preacher and former MP Hussein Badr Eddin Al-Houthi. "Almost 90 supporters of Al-Houthi have been killed in violent battles with army forces over the past three days," said a military source in the mountainous area of Maran near the border with Saudi Arabia. "Dozens were killed and wounded among the armed forces, who since Thursday have launched an offensive to take control of the last hide-outs of Al-Houthi, whose supporters continue to put up tough resistance," the source said. |