A high-ranking military commander loyal to Saudi-led coalition forces was killed on late Wednesday during military confrontations with Yemeni armed forces (Sana’a forces) in the southwest of the city of Ma’rib, Yemen Press Agency reported, citing local sources.
According to the sources, the commander of the military police, Hajjah branch, Colonel Mansour Siraj, was killed along with a number of officers and recruits when they tried to advance towards the military locations of Sana’a forces in Al-Akad area east of Al-Balaq Mountain.
The coalition militants also launched artillery shelling on the same area, the sources said.
