Al-Houthi’s deputy succumbs to injuries

Abu Ali Al-Hakim, the field and military commander of the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, has been killed, sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Friday.
Hakim, who is considered to be second in command after Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, was reportedly killed after sustaining injuries prior to the cease-fire announced on Tuesday. He was blacklisted by a UN Security Council resolution, which placed arms embargo on the militia in April.
The Saudi-led coalition against Houthi militias in Yemen has said it is “still keen” to ensure the humanitarian truce is a “success,” but accused the Houthis of violating the cease-fire for “the second day in a row.”
In an SPA statement, the coalition said it “detected violations in two zones,” one along the Saudi-Yemen border and the second in Yemen itself. Houthis “shelled land forces in the vicinity of Abul-Radeef village” in the southwestern region of Najran as well as against an Elab border post, SPA reported.
The Houthis also continued operations in Aden, Abeen, Luhaj, Shabwa, Taez and Maareb provinces.
Inside Yemen, the militia group “continued moving their machineries, carrying out military operations, and targeting citizens’ homes” with tanks and missiles in six provinces including Aden, SPA said.
While “the coalition command confirms to everybody that it was and is still keen to make this humanitarian truce a success as it runs in the interest of the brotherly Yemeni people,” Saudi Arabia warned the Houthis and their supporters “that self-restraint and being committed to the truce would not last long in case the militias continue such practices and violations.” The coalition warned that it would “take the appropriate measures to deter” the Houthis.