The Yemeni army forces, supported by the Arab Coalition, continued to advance their legitimacy on the Saada fronts, concentrating on the Yellow and Razeh fronts, and on the Dali fronts in central Yemen, as military escalation of Iranian-backed Houthi coup militias continued on the west coast of Yemen.
In particular, field and local sources in al-Safra district in Saada governorate, a stronghold of the Iranian-backed Houthi coup militia, confirmed that Yemeni army forces supported the Arab coalition advanced in the district and managed to liberate new positions described as ruling, including the strategic mountain of al-Ada.
The sources pointed out that the army forces continued to advance in the Directorate and liberated the areas of Naqaa and Aar and surrounding areas, after fierce battles with Houthi militias, which suffered great losses in lives and equipment, while the rest of their elements fled to civilian areas to fortify them.
The army continued its advance on the fronts of Razih district, and managed to advance towards the areas surrounding the center of the Directorate, which has been besieged on two sides, while they were able to block roads leading to the Houthi positions in the center of the Directorate, according to military sources.
In Hudaydah, on the west coast of Yemen, the militias pushed heavily into the Al-Jabaliya area of Al-Tahita district, south of Hodeidah province, according to field sources in Yemeni Giants, indicating that the militias pushed heavily into the Al-Jabaliya area, including military vehicles carrying armed elements armed with various types of weapons. Heavy and medium.
The sources added that the Houthi reinforcements coming from their areas of control arrive in batches and sporadically, coincided with the bombing and intense targeting by militias on the positions of joint forces stationed in different areas of the mountain with various types of weapons.
Houthi militias also targeted residential neighborhoods and civilian houses in Hays district, south of Hodeidah, west of Yemen, using heavy artillery shells and various weapons, according to local sources, confirming that the militias fired artillery and mortar shells at citizens' homes, where mortar shells landed in the center of the directorate, while other shells landed in Civilian houses, and severely damaged houses and property of residents.
The joint forces in Hodeidah repelled an attack by militias towards their positions in the east of Hodeidah city centered on Kilo 16 area, the eastern gate of Hodeidah city, and managed to thwart the attack and force the Houthi militia members to flee after suffering heavy losses and a number of its members were killed and wounded.
This comes at a time when Houthi coup militias continue to target the positions of joint forces in the province of Hodeidah, while the army adheres to the UN truce in implementation of the directives of the political and military leadership.
In the meantime, Houthi militias continued to bombard and target large-scale joint forces positions in the Duraimi district, fired heavy mortar shells, and opened fire with medium machine guns at the positions of the joint forces from areas where the militia are stationed in the center of the city.
According to field sources, the positions of the joint forces south of the directorate were subjected to heavy shelling by the militias, where the militias fired intensively on the sites using machine guns, in addition to firing their medium machine guns.
In the capital Sanaa, Houthi militias arrested one of its prominent leaders in Sanaa, on charges of criticizing leaders in the group and accused of corruption.
Sources said that Houthi gunmen kidnapped the leader Ismail al-Jarmouzi, a militia director of supervision at the Ministry of Awqaf, days ago near his home in Sanaa, and was taken to the Political Security Prison.
The sources added that the reason for the arrest was that al-Jarmozi published documents condemning the Houthi leaders in the Ministry of Awqaf corruption, including the influential leader Ahmed Hamed (Abu Mahfouz), appointed militias as director of the Office of the President of the Republic, and Houthi leader Fuad Naji, a militia appointed deputy minister of Awqaf.
She pointed out that the security services of the Houthi militias had previously threatened al-Jarmozi and summoned him more than once to force him to remain silent, but continued to criticize the corruption of the Houthi leaders.
Houthi militias have referred Houthi leader Adnan al-Wazir, the head of the so-called Revolutionary Committee in the Ministry of Justice, to the criminal court for trial over the corruption of Houthi leader Ahmed Oqabat, a militia minister appointed to justice.
In Dali, the joint forces supported by the southern resistance and the security belt continued to advance in the western and northern fronts of the province amid the collapse of the Houthi positions in the fronts north of Maris and Hajar area, and bombarded militia positions in the vicinity of Bab al-Gulq.The shelling destroyed the hideouts of the militias and killed and wounded a number of their members.