Twenty Houthi rebels have been killed in an attack by the Yemeni National Army, UAE officials have announced. A series of air strikes in Sirwah, west of Marib Governorate, were ordered on Saturday, said Emirati state news agency Wam. A number of rebel soldiers were also wounded in the attack. The Yemen conflict began four years ago when Houthi forces took over the country’s capital, Sanaa, and overthrew the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi. "Fighter jets of the Arab Coalition… launched air strikes against the coup militia sites and gatherings, killing and wounding dozens of rebels,” a military source quoted by the official Yemeni news agency said. The UAE has provided more than $5.5 billion (Dh20.19bn) in aid to Yemen since the start of the civil war.The National