Yemeni military says leader of Saudi-backed council killed in clash in Taiz province

What happened: Yemen's army reported that a senior leader of a Saudi-backed council was killed in fighting on the Al-Kadahah front in western Taiz province.

Attribution and details: The Saudi-aligned Presidential Leadership Council said that Mohammad al-Khulani, head of the council's emergency forces, was killed in the clash with Yemeni army forces on the Al-Kadahah front in western Taiz, in southwest Yemen, according to reports in Vatan-e Emrooz and Jaam-e Jam newspapers.

Unverified repetition: Jaam-e Jam separately reported the killing of "one of the Saudi commanders" in clashes with Yemen's army.