7 killed as Saudi coalition strikes forces in Yemen

India, Jan. 3 -- Air strikes killed seven separatist fighters in Yemen on Friday, officials said, as a Saudi-led coalition hit back against a sweeping advance by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council and Abu Dhabi called for calm. The deaths are the first from coalition fire since the STC seized swathes of Hadramawt and Mahra provinces last month. An STC spokesman said it was a "decisive and existential" war with Yemeni forces, characterising it as a fight against radical Islamism.P13

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