Pro-government soldiers march during a military parade celebrating the 54th anniversary of North Yemen’s revolution in the central province of Marib.

Yemen’s national army and popular resistance forces captured a number of Houthi militias and forces loyal to former ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in west Marib, Al Arabiya News Channel sources confirmed.

Among those captured were Houthi militia leaders were Hussain al-Mutawakel and Abu Jabar Ahmad al-Houthi, according to Al Arabiya sources.

Civilian sources told Al Arabiya that the Yemeni national army were able to regain control – after violent clashes – of the direct route between the capital Sanaa and Marib through Sirwah district.

The news in Marib comes after security sources confirmed that senior Houthi militia leader Abdullah Qayed al-Fadeea was killed on Tuesday in the frontlines near Najran and on Yemeni grounds by Saudi-led Arab coalition forces.

During the same day, Six civilians were killed and eight wounded on Monday when two rockets fired by Houthi rebels hit a popular market in Taez, military and medical sources said.

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