Military sources in Al-Dali 'governorate, central Yemen, confirmed that the joint and southern forces, yesterday, were able to repel two attacks by the Houthi coup militia towards their locations in the northern and western fronts, while the militias escalated their violations and targeted the sites of the joint forces and residential neighborhoods in the western coast, in conjunction with a meeting A committee monitoring the implementation of the Sweden agreement, while a prisoner exchange took place between the Yemeni army and militias in Taiz.
In the details, military sources confirmed in Al-Dali 'governorate, central Yemen, that the joint and southern forces managed yesterday to repel two Houthi militia attacks towards their positions in the northern and western fronts of the province, in addition to destroying military vehicles and killing and wounding a number of militia members.
The sources indicated that a number of Houthi militia members were killed by fire from the joint and southern forces west of the city of Al-Fakher, after they tried to infiltrate and advance towards the positions of the forces stationed in that region, as military mechanisms of the militias were destroyed, which were on the way to the fronts of the Jabhat and Hajar fronts.
She stated that the artillery of the joint forces destroyed sites and fortifications of the militias on the fronts of feeling and transporting the wood, which Houthi reinforcements finally reached, to station in those strategic areas linking the western areas of Al-Dali and eastern Ibb governorate.
In the Directorate of Jibbin Al-Dali ', local sources confirmed that clashes erupted between militia members against the background of the appointment of a supervisor for them in the Directorate, noting that clashes erupted between the Houthi elements after the arrival of the new Houthi supervisor over the coward (Abu Imad), who prevented the former supervisor called Mohsen Qir, From entering the security department of the directorate, which resulted in deaths and injuries among their members.
The sources pointed out that the Houthi leader, Mohsen Qir, announced his defection from the militias and threatened to open a resistance front against them in the district of Jebn located between Ibb and Al-Dhali, which is of a rugged mountainous nature.
In Al Hudaydah, on the western coast of Yemen, the Houthi coup militia intensified its shelling and targeting of joint forces locations and residential neighborhoods in several areas, coinciding with the convening of the International Monitoring Committee its seventh meeting on the UN ship off the coast of Al Hudaydah.
Field sources reported that the Houthi militia launched an intensive bombardment of the "joint" sites in the mountainous area of the Al-Tahita Directorate, with various types of weapons, focused on the east of the area where heavy artillery and mortar shells fell violently.
Militias also bombed other sites south of the mountain, using heavy and medium weapons intensively and violently, while an explosive device exploded in Houthi elements on the dirt road leading to the city of Al-Tahita, after it had previously planted on this road, killing and wounding a number of their members.
Militias also targeted the Al-Faza region of the Al-Tahita district with heavy weapons and machine guns, which resulted in severe civilian injuries, according to local sources. The militias also shelled the Al-Jah area of the Beit al-Faqih district with eight artillery shells, some of which landed in one of the farms of the region, causing severe damage, and targeted the area of « Kilo 16 »East Hodeidah with 15 artillery shells.
On the Al-Duraimi front, the militias continued to bomb and try to infiltrate the positions of the joint forces that responded to the Houthi attack, and the militias suffered great losses, according to sources in the national resistance, “the guards of the republic” of the joint forces, noting that the militias, after the failure of their attack, launched an intense bombardment with heavy artillery and medium weapons On the south and east of the district.
Also, the villages of Al-Maghazi and Al-Ma’ana were bombed with various types of weapons in the vicinity of Hays district, south of Hodeidah, causing injury to civilians, and the sites of the 7th Brigade bombed giants in the east and north of Hays from three directions, using heavy-caliber mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
On the other hand, a source in the joint forces confirmed that they would deal with the Houthi landmine growers in the West Coast areas as terrorists, as they target civilians with improvised explosive devices and the mines they plant in roads, corridors, residential neighborhoods, and farms.
The military escalation of the militias coincides with the end of the seventh meeting of the Joint Redeployment Committee, and the fourth that is being held on board an international ship off Hodeidah, in which the government team called on the United Nations Mission to take a clear position on the militia violations or declare the failure to implement the agreement.
The head of the government team in the Redeployment Monitoring Committee, Major General Mohamed Aida, pointed out that the Stockholm Convention, which most of its provisions are related to Al Hudaydah Governorate, has not been implemented after a year. Peace, as they are peaceful first-class.
He expressed his regret that the agreement on Hodeidah had not been implemented after a year had passed, which he said was the result of the causes, accumulations and obstacles everyone knows, pointing out that the crossings are still closed, and the people of Hodeidah are increasing their suffering, and the redeployment plan has not been completed, and the Yemeni army has not been able to open the humanitarian crossings For this province and its people.
He added that the mission of the International Committee chaired by the United Nations is not a negotiating one, but rather to oversee the implementation of the agreement that was negotiated and signed in Sweden a year ago, and that none of its provisions were fully implemented, calling for the speedy completion of the redeployment process for the first and second stages, and opened Human crossings, and facilitate the tasks of the committees concerned with overseeing the implementation process.
The government team has consistently condemned militia violations, calling on the UN mission to disembark and verify, or officially announce the failure to implement and establish the ceasefire.
In Saada, Yemeni army forces, backed by Saudi artillery, bombed militia sites in the Razih border district with Saudi Arabia, with artillery and rockets, which led to the destruction of several military vehicles and fortifications, as well as the death and injury of a number of their members who were in the targeted locations.
In Taiz, military sources confirmed the completion of a prisoner exchange between the Yemeni army and the Houthi militia, after negotiations that lasted months, indicating that yesterday, 75 kidnappers were released by the Houthis, while 60 militia members were released.
The sources pointed out that the exchange process took place in the loan area on the outskirts of Al-Misrakh district in the southeast of Taiz governorate, in the presence of members of the International Red Cross.
Houthi raids on women's clothing stores in Sanaa
The Houthi revolutionary militia raided a number of women's clothing stores and women's sewing factories in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, and removed the waist belts attached to "Abayas" and burned them. Yesterday, Yemeni activists circulated pictures and video clips showing Houthi militants removing belts from hundreds of "women's abayas" and burning them in the public street in Sanaa, while chanting the Khomeinist cry of slogan. This Houthi move, despite its strangeness and proximity to ISIS practices, was not a surprise to many activists on the communication platforms, compared to previous practices in terms of closing women's cafes and removing advertising plastic dolls from the storefront, as well as the extremist rhetoric broadcast by the Houthis in schools and universities.
According to local sources, the militias issued warnings to owners of shops and sewing factories against selling women's 'abayas' with belted belts, as they came "within the soft war to corrupt the nation's daughters," according to the Houthis. These Houthi actions provoked widespread condemnation among Yemenis, as human rights activists considered them an attack on the owners of commercial shops and an attempt to blackmail them, and a continuation of the practices of restricting women's personal freedoms. While activists described it as an "ISIS invasion" carried out by the Houthi militia, within its practices of restricting women and girls in all aspects of life, especially during their exit to public parks and cafes and in their work. Sanaa - Agencies