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In a post on US social media company X, Deputy Information Minister Abdulbasit al-Qaedi said Houthi commander Firaq Mohsen al-Assar and six of his aides were killed on the Kahboub front. The Houthis did not immediately comment on the statement, but activists close to the group mourned al-Assar, without providing details about the circumstances of his death. READ: (https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260917-bab-al-mandeb-straits-shipping-traffic-comes-to-halt-amid-conflict-in-yemen/) Bab al-Mandeb Strait’s shipping traffic comes to halt amid conflict in Yemen   In recent days, the Kahboub front, which includes mountains overlooking Bab el-Mandeb, is said to have seen fierce clashes between government forces and the Houthis. Yemen has been locked in a civil war since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and several provinces in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government. 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