ACLED Regional Overview – Middle East (5-11 June 2021)
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Last week in the Middle East, drone and missile attacks by the Houthis took a heavy toll on civilians in Yemen, while fighting significantly subsided in Yemen’s Marib governorate. Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition carried out a large number of airstrikes in the Sadah governorate. In Syria, four Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by the Afrin Liberation Army in Aleppo. In Iraq, the Islamic State (IS) carried out an IED attack in Baghdad, killing four civilians. Lastly, demonstrations spiked in Lebanon over deteriorating economic conditions.
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Yemen, the city of Marib was the scene of the two bloodiest attacks targeting civilians in 2021 thus far. Two Houthi attacks on the city with drones and ballistic missiles caused a combined death toll of at least 31 civilians, shedding further doubts on the Houthis’ commitment to the ongoing diplomatic efforts to find a peace agreement between the warring part
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