Briefly

YEMEN

Dozens killed as troops fight rebels

Fighting between Yemeni government troops and Houthi rebels in the central province of Marib on Saturday left at least 24 dead from both sides, said local government military sources. The fighting broke out on Saturday early morning and lasted for hours in al-Alam area in Sirwah district, during which government troops repelled an attempted advance by Houthi rebels, the sources said.

UNITED KINGDOM

Acclaim for veteran's huge NHS funds drive

Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran who has raised more than $29 million for the National Health Service, or NHS, by walking 100 laps of his garden, will be a guest of honor at the opening of a new field hospital in Harrogate, northern England this week. Moore will praise NHS workers via video link at the opening of a new "Nightingale" hospital, which is being set up to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

LIBYA

Government says its forces killed eight

Libya's UN-backed government said it had launched a massive attack on the rival east-based army in Tarhuna city on Saturday, killing eight soldiers of the army and capturing more than 100 others. The government's forces said they launched 17 airstrikes on the east-based army positions in Tarhuna, some 90 km south of the capital Tripoli, seizing a number of military vehicles. On April 4, 2019, the east-based army launched a military campaign in and around Tripoli in an attempt to take over the city and topple the rival UN-backed government.

Xinhua - Agencies