Rebels seize Yemen oil fields

By Xinhua News Agency

Sep 23, 2021 12:53 am

ADEN: The Houthi rebel fighters achieved on-ground military progress and captured key areas in southern Yemen's oil-rich province of Shabwa on Tuesday, a military official told Xinhua.

The local military source said on condition of anonymity that the Houthis carried out an all-out offensive and captured Bayhan District in the province where key oil fields are located.

FILE - Yemeni man takes part in a rally staged to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the war erupted on March 26, 2015, in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 26, 2019. Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed

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