military operations in Yemen

Aden, March 27 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi militia has intensified their military operations targeting various areas controlled by the country's government, further exacerbating the years-long conflict, a government official said. "The Houthis attacked the government's Shabwa Defense Forces stationed in a mountainous area that links the Merkhah Al Ulya district with the adjacent Bayda province, sparking bloody armed confrontations," the local government official told Xinhua news agency on Sunday. Despite recent international efforts to broker a peace deal, the conflict has shown no signs of abating, as the Houthis continued to focus their attacks on strategic targets, particularly in the oil-rich provinces…