Costly and critical: The battle for a key Yemeni city On the most active front line in Yemen's long civil war, the months-long battle for the city of Marib has become a dragged-out grind with a steady stream of dead and wounded from both sides By SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press Published: July 7, 2021, 5:11pm Share: 5 Photos Yemeni fighter Hassan Saleh backed by the Saudi-led coalition stands for a photograph after clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara front line near Marib, Yemen, Sunday, June 20, 2021. Saleh and his younger brother Saeed, both in their early 20s, both i...