18 Houthi Rebels Killed in Ambush

Armed tribesmen killed 18 Houthi fighters in an ambush in Yemen's central province of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in one of the deadliest ground attacks in over two months of war. The attack hit a convoy of militiamen and allied army troops in the town of Qaeda while they were en route to the city of Taiz, a flashpoint of clashes between Yemen's dominant Houthis and armed backers of exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. A coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia,...

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