Houthi political leader Saleh al-Samad reported killed in Yemen

Yemen's Houthis have announced that their political leader was killed in a Saudi coalition airstrike last Thursday.

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23 April, 2018

Saleh al-Samad, the leader of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, was reportedly killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in eastern province of Hodeidah on 19 April, according to the Houthi's Saba news agency.

Mahadi al-Mashat has been named as the successor to the political leadership of the rebel group.

Mashat is a representative of Houthi leader Abdul Malek al-Houthi.

Samad is the highest ranking Houthi figure to be killed by the Saudi-led coalition to date.

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