Armed cooperation between the Houthis and terrorist organizations

Yemeni army cuts militia supply routes in Marib

Soldiers from the Yemeni legitimacy in one of the Nehm front areas near Sanaa. Reuters

The Yemeni army forces and the tribes supported by the Arab coalition liberated several areas on the fronts west of Ma'rib, and managed to cut off the supply routes for the Houthi militia in the Kassara and Tabab al-Shayef areas between Al-Khaddara and Hailan, while the army and tribes forces continued their military operations on the Al-Bayda and Sanaa fronts, with continued infiltration attempts in the north and west Al-Dhali ', while violations continued on the West Coast fronts.

In the details, the Yemeni army forces backed by tribes and coalition fighters managed to advance and cut off the supply expulsion on the western fronts of Ma'rib, after carrying out a military operation described as qualitative that led to qualitative victories on the Al-Khadra, Hailan and Sarwah fronts, and left dead and wounded among the Houthi militia.

Field sources in Sirwah stated that the army forces and the tribes supported by the Arab coalition advanced yesterday, and took control of new sites on the fronts of Hailan and Al-Khadkara, and managed to control new sites that had been under Houthi control since the end of 2014 in the Hailan Mountains, including the Ksara hill overlooking directly on the roads Supply in the region.

Yesterday, the army and tribes forces managed to fully control Talati al-Shayef in a qualitative military operation that cut off the supply routes between Al-Qadhariya and Hailan and enabled the army and the tribes to control large areas overlooked by the liberated sites, after carrying out a surprise attack on militia sites in those areas that led to Many of them were killed and wounded, along with a tank loot, an armored vehicle, three vehicles and quantities of ammunition, and the families of Houthi groups, most of whom were deceived children.

On the Nehm fronts, northeast of the capital, Sanaa, battles continued in Najd al-Ataq and the Salb Mountains for the seventh day in a row, and the army and tribes' artillery demolished militia sites in the vicinity of Najd, causing direct casualties among the militia, after reinforcements of the army forces arrived from Ma'rib to the Sanaa fronts.

In addition, the fronts between Al-Bayda and Marib witnessed violent battles focused on the Al-Musharif front on the outskirts of Qifah Al-Bayda, which led to the destruction of a number of militia combat vehicles and the deaths and injuries of the Houthis, and led to the death of the Houthi leader, Brigadier General Faisal Al-Joufi, along with a number of his companions in the front Al Musharif - Spacious.

During the past two days, the hospitals in the capital, Sana'a, received dozens of dead militia bodies coming from Marib, Al-Bayda, Al-Jawf and Sanaa, among them prominent leaders, including «Ahmed Abdullah Hamid, Ali Mahmoud Saleh Mahmoud, Abdul Azim Ali Al-Hubaishi, Hatem Salem Murshid, Anwar Ali Jamaan, Salim Abdullah Al-Wasabi and Zaid Ali Saghir Al-Matari, and Ahmed Muhammad Al-Takrouri ».

In Al-Bayda, local sources confirmed that differences arose between the elements of the Houthi militia and the elements of "Al-Qaeda" and "ISIS" allied with it for six years in the governorate, against the background of the confrontations in the Qayfa area in Radaa, noting that the differences led to the militia conducting a campaign From several armored vehicles to the Ould al-Rabi'a district, they raided the areas of the terrorist organizations that were working with them for refusing to participate in their recent wars waged against the legitimacy and the coalition on separate fronts.

In this regard, the spokesman for the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, said in press statements that the Houthi militias are trying to mislead regarding Al-Bayda Governorate, indicating that there is a close relationship and common interests between the Houthis and terrorist groups. He added that the Houthi militia tried to use the ceasefire to make progress.

For his part, the spokesperson for the Yemeni army forces, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, ridiculed the Houthis ’efforts to deny their relationship with terrorist organizations, and indicated that the militias promoted fake victories in Al-Bayda governorate by declaring control over large areas, pointing out that the militias are trying to divert attention when Its members have suffered successive defeats on the Nihm, Al-Jawf, Al-Bayda and Ma'rib fronts, and the successive defeats that its members have suffered in recent days, and dozens of dead, wounded, and prisoners of war in the ranks of its members in those areas.

The militias claimed, through their media, that they were able to impose control over 1000 square kilometers in the Ould al-Rabi'a district in the Al-Bayda governorate, by carrying out an operation against “Al-Qaeda” and “ISIS” in their areas of control, which resulted in the killing, wounding, and capture of hundreds of members of these allied organizations. In addition to the destruction of more than 12 camps and gatherings of them.

In Al-Dhalea, the joint forces carried out a tight ambush for members of the Houthi militia in the Al-Fakher sector, west of the Qataba district, which resulted in the death and injury of many of them, while the joint forces managed to thwart a Houthi infiltration attempt towards their positions on the Al-Fakher front, which led to the death of two Houthi fighters and the injury Three others.

In Hodeidah, Houthi militias continued their daily violations of the UN armistice, and yesterday, they launched an attack on residential areas in the city of Hays, south of Hodeidah, with heavy artillery shells of 120 caliber and their machine-gun fire, and they also continued to target the areas of Al-Jaliyah, Al-Faza, Mashhad neighborhood and other contact areas south of Hodeidah. In addition to continuing to plant mines, develop sites and push their personnel towards Hodeidah from the governorates of Dhamar, Al-Mahwit, Hajjah and Amran.

In Taiz, local sources in Jabal Habashi, west of the governorate, confirmed that members of the Islah party militia smuggled weapons and secured smuggling routes to areas controlled by the Houthi militia, in a process that confirms the news of joint cooperation between the two sides on the Taiz and Marib fronts.

Sana'a hospitals receive dozens of militia corpses coming from Marib, Al-Bayda, Al-Jawf and Sana'a, including prominent leaders.

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