Arab-led coalition says killed 8 Hezbollah members in Yemen

The Arab-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen Monday said its forces killed eight Hezbollah members in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border.

“The coalition killed 41 terrorist elements in Maran and destroyed their vehicles and equipment. Among the dead were eight members of Lebanese Hezbollah, including a commander,” coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki said in a statement, without providing further details.

Maran is in Saada province, a stronghold of Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran.