The army announces the killing of the Houthi deputy chief of staff in Marib
English - Monday 18 October 2021 الساعة 05:11 pm![](https://newsyemen.life/admin/images/uploads/766e84f21dbf64865a6c4e2f99908ed6.webp)
Two prominent military leaders of the Houthi militia were killed in the Marib Governorate, eastern Yemen, according to a military official in the government forces.
Lt. Col. Saleh Al-Qutaibi, Deputy Head of the Media Center of the Armed Forces, stated that Abu Saleh Al-Madani, appointed by the Houthi militia, as Deputy Chief of Staff, was killed along with a number of his companions on the Marib fronts.
The military official stated, in a tweet on his Twitter account, that the Houthi leader (Mohammed Hussein Al-Banous), appointed to the position of commander of the reserve forces in guarding the facilities, was also killed on the same front.