Today, the Saudi-Emirati alliance continued to carry out air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sana'a, Al-Bayda and Marib, while Taiz witnessed south demonstrations denouncing the behavior of the two countries, and demanding the return of legitimacy.
The planes of the Saudi-Emirati coalition launched a series of raids targeting Sanaa airport, Al-Hafa camp and Jabal Al-Nahdin in the capital, Sanaa.
A video posted by activists on social media platforms showed a fire in a commercial store after the raids.
Houthi media reported that the shelling also included Saada governorate in the north, targeting the camp of the Republic in the city, in addition to two raids on "monsters" of livestock.
This came hours after coalition fighters threw 4 light bombs at the Foreign Himeh Directorate on the western outskirts of Sanaa.
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During the past 24 hours, coalition fighters have also launched a number of raids on the Al-Bayda (central) and Marib (east) provinces.
Sources in the legitimate government announced today that more than 241 Houthi people were killed in battles and bombing in Al Bayda Governorate, within 10 days.
Demonstrations in Taiz
and Taiz, demonstrators said that the Saudi-Emirati coalition deviated from its goal of restoring legitimacy through its military intervention and its work to topple the Yemeni state and weaken the legal authority.
The demonstrators expressed their rejection of the behavior of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and they said that it was a deeper behavior in the fragmentation of Yemen and the occupation of some of its provinces, as they refused to form any armed groups outside the legitimacy of the state.
A statement issued by the organizers of the demonstration called on the legitimate authority to return to practice its work from inside the country, as well as calling for the lifting of the siege on Taiz and the restoration of the western coast of the governorate.
Yemeni politicians and military accuse the UAE of seeking to separate the coast of the governorate of Taiz from the center of the governorate, and isolate it geographically, in order to facilitate keeping it under the control of forces loyal to it.
The defection of a military commander
In a related context, the Houthi group announced the defection of a military commander from the forces backed by the Emirates on the western coast of Yemen, and his joining its ranks.
Houthi media reported that Abdul-Malik Khamash Al-Abyad, the commander of the war operations in the UAE-backed National Resistance Forces led by Tariq Saleh, son of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh's brother, returned to Sana'a and joined the ranks of the group.
From time to time, the Houthis announce the defection of soldiers and officers from these forces and their return to Sana'a, without issuing from its leadership an explanation regarding these defections.