DUBAI: At least 18 Iran-backed Houthi militants were killed in clashes with the Yemeni army over the past two days, including field commander Abu Hassanin, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported. A Yemeni military source said that more than 30 militants were wounded during the fighting on the Al-Zonooj front, north of Taiz. Engineering teams in the 22nd Mika Brigade were able to dismantle a network of improvised explosive devices planted by the militias near the camp.