ADEN/DUBAI — Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen said on Friday that Ibrahim Badreddin Al-Houthi, the brother of Abdel-Malek Al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi militia has been killed.

Ibrahim was found dead in a house in Sanaa. According to a report in Al Arabiya English, the senior Houthi leader was killed three days ago along with eight of his bodyguards.

"The treacherous hands affiliated with the US-Israeli aggression and its tools assassinated Ibrahim Badreddin Al-Houthi," the Houthis said.

Security sources say the Houthi militia has deployed additional forces around Sanaa in response to the killing. — Agencies