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At least 73 soldiers have been killed in a missile attack reportedly launched by Houthi rebels at a mosque in Yemen.
Dozens more were left wounded in the attack, which targeted a mosque in a military training camp in the city of Marib, two medical sources told Reuters.
The Iran-aligned Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for Saturday’s attack.
Yemen’s president told the military on Sunday it needed to be on high alert and ready for battle.
The attack “confirms without doubt that the Houthis have no desire for peace”, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said in a statement on Yemen’s state news agency Saba.
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The attack came after several assaults by Saudi-backed government forces on rebel targets east of the capital Sanaa.
At least 22 people were killed on both sides in those attacks, officials said.
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