Huthi rebels in Yemen kill ten soldiers in ‘surprise attack’, breaking a shaky peace

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HUTHI REBELS HAVE killed 10 Yemen army soldiers from a southern separatist faction in a “surprise attack” after more than a year of relative calm, military sources said. Twelve others were wounded “in the surprise attack” carried out by the Iran-backed Huthis in the border area between the southern provinces of Lahj and Al-Bayda, the sources told AFP on condition of anonymity. Four Huthi fighters were also killed and several were wounded, the sources said. There was no immediate comment from the rebels. The attack targeted a site manned by the separatists, who aspire to create an independent South Yemen...