Yemen Violence Death Toll

Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition pounded rebel positions in central Yemen on Thursday as air raids intensified amid attempts to revive UN-proposed talks in Switzerland, witnesses said.

The death toll from fighting in Yemen since late March has topped 1,000, the United Nations said Thursday, saying it wanted to quickly send international staff back to the country.

Yemeni government troops battled Al Qaeda militants in heavy fighting on Wednesday that left 31 people dead, raising the death toll from three days of clashes to at least 158, military officials said.

The death toll from an al-Qaeda assault on a military base in southern Yemen has risen to 185 government soldiers, military and medical officials said on Tuesday. Many soldiers' bodies were found mutilated, and some were headless.

Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition pounded rebel positions in central Yemen on Thursday as air raids intensified amid attempts to revive UN-proposed talks in Switzerland, witnesses said.

The death toll from fighting in Yemen since late March has topped 1,000, the United Nations said Thursday, saying it wanted to quickly send international staff back to the country.

Yemeni government troops battled Al Qaeda militants in heavy fighting on Wednesday that left 31 people dead, raising the death toll from three days of clashes to at least 158, military officials said.

The death toll from an al-Qaeda assault on a military base in southern Yemen has risen to 185 government soldiers, military and medical officials said on Tuesday. Many soldiers' bodies were found mutilated, and some were headless.