Houthi missile attacks kill 58 Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces

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Iran-backed Houthi forces launched missile and drone attacks killing at least 58 Yemeni government troops backed by Saudi Arabia. This marks one of the deadliest days in Yemen's civil war, escalating the regional conflict with Iran and involving US interests.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks on Thursday, a military source said, in one of the deadliest days of the country's civil war in four years. The attacks come as Yemen is increasingly drawn into the US-Israeli war with Iran, with the rebels stepping up attacks against both government forces and neighbouring Saudi Arabia, a key US ally and supporter of the internationally recognised Yemeni government.