A Saudi-led coalition has deployed some 10,000 Gulf troops to Yemen to support government loyalists in their fight against Houthi rebels after killing at least 60 Gulf soldiers on Friday, Reuters reported.
According to Qatari news channel Al Jazeera, Gulf countries ramped up airstrikes in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Tuesday ahead of a proposed assault on the city.
“The number of coalition soldiers who have already entered Yemen has risen to 10,000,” Al Jazeera correspondent Abdul Mahsi al-Sheikh reported from southern Saudi Arabia.
“A second contingent of Qatari soldiers will arrive today to Yemen after entering the al-Wadee border crossing (with Saudi Arabia) ... as coalition forces have added to their military equipment with 30 Apache helicopters, armored vehicles and rocket launchers,” he added.
Qatari and coalition officials did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
