Military sources in Yemen said on Monday 27 Houthis and troops loyal to ousted dictator Ali Abdullah Salah were killed, along with dozens of others injured in the cities Ta’izz, Sana’a and Sa’de, Al Arabiya reported.
Sources in the popular resistance forces said these 27 individuals were killed when Houthi-Salah positions were pounded by Arab coalition warplanes.
In the meantime a source in the popular resistance forces in Ta’izz said there units were able to take control of the Rassen district after intense battles.
Medical sources have also reported Houthi militants retaliated by shelling residential areas in Ta’iz, leaving a number of civilians killed and injured.