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2020 is an eventful year ... Yemen ... Deterrence in the air and a land tactic with diminishing opportunities for a political solution
The legitimate forces on the Nehm front continued to achieve successes in 2020. "The New York Times" - Archives
Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi was keen to implement the Riyadh Agreement.
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Maeen Abdulmalik, head of the new Yemeni government.
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The Houthi militia continued to target Riyadh with ballistic missiles.
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The Arab coalition forces achieved successes in 2020 on more than one Yemeni front.
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The year 2020 was marked by events that changed the world forever and became history, starting with the first spread of the deadly "Corona" virus in Wuhan, China, through the protests in Belarus, and ending with the defeat of the US President, Donald Trump, and the cyber attack on the United States, all of these stations formed A milestone in this year, and in what follows we monitor the most important facts of those events as we look to a new year.
The year 2020 witnessed many military events on the battle fronts in Yemen, during which areas were liberated, while many Houthi missiles and drones were intercepted and dropped by the coalition defenses, and in this regard we review the most important military stations during the past year.
Al-Dhalea .. Liberation continues
During 2020, the Dhali fronts witnessed liberation operations of strategic importance, during which the joint and southern forces managed, in January, to advance towards the Battar front, while on January 7, the militias bombed the Sadren camp with a ballistic missile, killing 11 soldiers and wounding 20 others.
On the eighth of January, the joint and southern forces responded by liberating “Battar, al-Jab, al-Arras and al-Mashwas, Jabal al-Hashaa,” after a battle that left 39 Houthi dead, bringing the number of liberated sites to 14 in the 20th of the month.
And between the months (June, August and October) the regions of “Al-Qahra, Tabat Al-Manqiz, Wadi Al-Zila, Jabal Malazq, Jebel Merivdan, Jabal Al-Khaw, Muhaqin, the village of Medr, the sites of the donkey’s back in Al-Arfaf and Kharim” in the area of Mureis, and the sites of “Al-Korda, Malaziq and the vicinity of Jabal Nassa in the Yais front, in November the "Al-Mashmar" mountain and the Al-Saraya area in the Al-Azraq district will be liberated.
Sana'a .. Tactical withdrawal of the seventh
The Nehm Front in the vicinity of Sana'a witnessed during 2020, a betrayal operation by the members of the "Brotherhood militia" in the ranks of the army, which led to withdrawals from the sites that it controlled, headed by the "Nehm Front" towards the vicinity of Ma'rib, enabling the Houthi militia to control the "Nehm Front" And the Al-Jawf Junction on January 26, when the Yemeni army forces and tribes began to deplete the Houthi fighters, 80 Houthis were killed and 35 others were captured by the end of the month.
In February, the militias in Nehm suffered 65 deaths, including 15 leaders.
In early May, the army and tribes forces began military operations against the Houthis in Najd al-Ataq and Salab, during which “Al-Alaq, Ar-Ramah, Safra Shannan, Al-Aghar and Al-Dashsh” were liberated, and they penetrated 11 km into “Najd Al-Ataq” by the end of June.
On the first of July, the coalition fighters destroyed the headquarters and control of drones and ballistic missile launchers in Sana'a, while on the 12th of the month, 31 Houthis were killed and a drone was shot down by the army and the tribes in Al-Jadafir and Najd Al-Ataq.
And between the months of "September, November and December", "warehouses and workshops for installing ballistic missiles and explosive drones in the Military Engineering Department, the headquarters of the National Security Agency, and the two camps (Al-Nahdain, and the missile brigades)" were destroyed, while battles continued on the Nehm, Jufrah and Al-Jada fronts, leaving more than 300 dead and dozens wounded, in addition to the destruction of nine drones.
Taiz ... limited operations
The Taiz fronts witnessed a significant decline in the level of the army’s operations during 2020. The governorate’s fronts witnessed nothing but a military operation in early January that led to the liberation of “Tebab Al-Thiab, Al-Baddad, Al-Ra'i, Al-Athima, Al-Zahir, Wadi Al-Haramiyyah, Al-Tibbah Al-Aswadah and Al-Khawla” in Al-Fogab west of Taiz, during which the militias suffered seven dead, including three The prominent leaders of the Houthis, including the commander of the 17th Houthi Infantry Brigade, Ali Al-Sharia, and a Houthi march was dropped in the fog.
On the second of February, "Tabat al-Maqrami" was liberated east of the city, while two marches were dropped on the seventh of February, while 32 Houthis were killed within a year in Taiz.
Corona truce ... wholesale breaches
After the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic worsened in the world, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called on March 27 to halt military operations in Yemen, and to make way for humanitarian actions, and the coalition and legitimacy are welcomed.
On the ninth of April, the leadership of the Arab coalition forces announced a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen for a period of two weeks, which could be extended, and the militias violated it from the first hour, until the violations on April 15 reached 242 violations.
On April 19, the coalition announced the extension of the ceasefire in Yemen for two weeks, and the militias continued their violations, as on July 2, they recorded 4,276 violations.
Al-Jawf .. Return to the atmosphere of the battle
In 2020, the Al-Jawf fronts witnessed treachery by the "Brotherhood militias" that enabled the militias to storm the directorates of Al-Ghayl, Al-Hazm city and the liberated areas in the districts of Al-Matun and Al-Masloub, in early March, preceded by battles between the army and the tribes, and the Houthi militia during January and February that left 367 dead Houthis, and the families of 66 others in four districts in Al-Jawf, while 25 thousand families were forced to flee towards Ma'rib.
On the fifth of March, the militias stormed the city of Al-Hazm, the capital of Al-Jawf, with the support of the "Muslim Brotherhood" militia, while the army forces managed to capture 15 Houthis in Al-Luz, east of Al-Hazm, while more than 1,000 Houthis were discovered dead.
Between March 11 and 29, the army and tribes managed to regain control of the areas of Al-Silila, Al-Muhashima, Souk Al-Thulouth, and Wadi Al-Wasat in the Khub Al-Sha`af District, in addition to dropping a Houthi march and capturing 22 Houthis.
Whereas in early April the areas of "Al-Jadafir, Lakhaa and Al-Borsh" were restored, so hit-and-run battles continued in the Al-Khub and Al-Sha`af desert during May, June and July, during which dozens of militias suffered and 33 Houthis were killed.
On August 15 and 29, “Al-Sabayegh, Al-Khalilah and Al-Habeel” were liberated east of Al-Hazm city, and 65 Houthis were killed. In early September, the sites of “Irfan, Qarn Al-Kadadi, Khatim Al-Hubail, Qornoun Al-Hanadiya, Al-Rayyan and Al-Alam” were liberated east of Al-Hazm, after battles that left 18 people dead and 45 other Houthis captured. .
During the 14th to the 30th of September, "Al-Nudd, Shahla, Duhaida and parts of Bir Al-Marazeeq area" were restored after battles that left 68 Houthis dead and dozens injured and captured. On October 7, Al-Khanjar camp was retaken, and on October 25, the Khalif Al-Ghamrah site at Al-Khanjar front was liberated.
Marib .. The front of attrition
In 2020, the various fronts of Ma'rib represented a major front of attrition for the Houthi militia, whose attempts to storm the liberated areas had failed, and the attempts began in early January, for the militias on January 19 to bomb a mosque within the framework of an army training camp with a ballistic missile that left 78 dead and 81 wounded.
During the period from January 22 to February 20, five Houthi marches launched towards Ma'rib were dropped, while battles continued on eight fronts in the vicinity of the city. At the end of March, they led to the liberation of "Tebat al-Shaif, the mountains of al-Khattab and al-Muhtadi, and the village of Deira" in the west of the governorate, to which the militias responded By bombing the city of Marib with a ballistic missile and six planes, six civilians were killed.
And between 19 and 24 May, Houthi attacks in Majzar and Sarwah were thwarted, and the militias were killed 51, and five drones were shot down, and three marches and a ballistic missile were shot down between June and July.
On August 27, the militias bombed a mosque in Marib with a ballistic missile, killing five and wounding 16 civilians.
On August 30, the Yemeni army’s statistics revealed that 614 Houthis were killed and 1,254 others were injured, and that 38 vehicles, 22 vehicles and two tanks, and 11 vehicles were destroyed, while five drones were shot down, and three machine guns were destroyed on the Marib fronts.
On the first of September, the Mahal area was liberated in the Mahliya district, south of Ma'rib, and 30 Houthis were killed in Al-Khaddara, and between the 8th and 15th of September, the “Musharif and Milaha” were liberated in the south of Ma'rib and the “Al-Qudda” area in the Al-Khadkara front, west of Ma'rib, and 80 Houthis were killed, as the militias advanced on 27 of The month after the bombing of Al-Mithaq School in Marib, moments after the departure of 300 students who were performing a ceremonial "dress rehearsal" on the occasion of the anniversary of the September 26 revolution.
On the seventh of October, the heights of Hamra Gereida, Jabal Al-Kharaba and the village of Al-Awshal were liberated, and the isolation of “Al-Hamam and Al-Naqam,” reaching Najd Majmaah in the Jabal Murad district, south of Ma'rib, and killing 10 Houthis, and on October 13th it was overthrown. A Houthi march in Al-Nadhir in the Raghwan District. On the second of November, 823 Houthis were revealed on the fronts of Ma'rib and Al-Jawf within a month, including 154 field leaders, and the families of 16 others, and eight drones were shot down.
Al-Bayda .. terrorist uprising and coordination
In 2020, the Al-Bayda fronts in central Yemen witnessed specific operations of the local resistance supported by the joint forces against the Houthi militia. On February 10, they managed to drop a march on the Thara front, and on March 18, “the Black Tabab, hideouts, Kharaba, and Al-Isabel area” were liberated in the Qaniya front, And 60 Houthis were killed, and between March 25 and 30, a Houthi rally was toppled, and 25 Houthis were killed and 20 others were captured in Qania.
On the sixth of April, the areas of "Al-Bayad, Al-Labban, Al-Walid, Al-Qaid, and Al-Ghadeer" were taken over in the Natiqah minefields, and statistics for the Resistance confirmed the death of 200 Houthis during a month of confrontations in Qaniya and Al-Malajem, and on the ninth of April, the Sharjan area of the Mukairas front was taken over.
On May 9, the Al Awadh tribe in Radman District announced the armed uprising against the Houthis, against the backdrop of the killing of a woman called Jihad Al-Asbahi by Houthi elements, and the militias were able to eliminate her after two months.
Hodeidah .. More violations of the armistice
During 2020, the militias continued their violations of the UN armistice in all the contact areas (Hays, Al-Tuhayat, Al-Durayhimi, Beit Al-Faqih, and east of Al-Hodeidah city). On January 5, restrictions were imposed on the movement of members of the United Nations mission charged with monitoring the implementation of the Sweden agreement.
On the eighth of January, coalition fighters destroyed a workshop for making mines and Houthi naval explosives near the dock of ships in the port of Salif, while a Houthi attack was thwarted on January 11 towards Al-Durayhimi, leaving 32 Houthi dead, and the joint forces thwarted another Houthi attack east of the coastal defense camp on January 25 and the death 11 Houthis, while Houthi violations resulted in killing 24 civilians and wounding 26 others during January.
On February 13, 26 Houthis were killed, including the commander of the rapid intervention group, Adel Saleh Al-Maghriba, and 55 others were wounded while trying to advance towards Al-Faza in Tuhayta, and on the 23rd of the month, three Houthi naval mines were destroyed in the Red Sea.
Between 4 and 10 March, the coalition forces destroyed six UAV collection, booby-trapping and launching boats and four booby-trapped boats that were threatening international shipping in the Red Sea.
While the Houthi violations continued during the months of April, May and June, on the ninth of July, the Arab coalition forces destroyed two militia “booby traps” south of Salif Port, and during August and September, an explosive boat was destroyed and 24 drones were shot down.
On the fourth of October, 348 Houthis were killed and wounded in Hodeidah, while on the fifth of October a remote-controlled booby trapped boat was destroyed near the port of Salif.
Argument .. destroy platforms
The fronts of Hajjah, northwestern Yemen, during 2020, witnessed airstrikes by the coalition fighters. On March 13, they destroyed a Houthi weapons store and fortifications in a secret camp in the Bakil Mir district, and during October, November and December they destroyed missile platforms and combat vehicles for the Houthis in the eastern farms. Haradh, and others in the districts of Hiran, Abs and Haradh.
Saada .. deliberate progress
In Saada, the governorate fronts witnessed during 2020 deliberate liberation operations, after the army, with the support of the coalition, carried out qualitative military operations, the first of which was on January 14, when strategic heights were liberated in “Wadi al-Jalal” in the Qataber district, while the Houthi fortifications in Razih and Safra were destroyed at the end of January.
On February 6, a Houthi drone was shot down in Razih and a Houthi communication network was destroyed in Saqin and Waheedan, and on March 11, the "Bir al-Salami area", southeast of Kataf, was liberated, and the "Jrouf" in Baqim was liberated on April 1, along with the liberation of the "area" Shame »in the Al-Safra District on April 2nd.
Saudi Arabia .. High pace of escalation
The Houthi militia escalated their attacks against civilian objects in Saudi Arabia during 2020, using drones and ballistic missiles, and the air defenses of the coalition were able to intercept 312 ballistic missiles from January to June, in addition to intercepting and destroying dozens of drones, of which eight were destroyed at one time on June 22. While 42 Houthi aircraft and 11 ballistic missiles were launched at Saudi Arabia were destroyed as of 30 November.
During the period from the first to December 22, three marches and ballistic attacks launched by the militias towards civilian objects in Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed.
The formation of a new Yemeni government
On December 19, a new Yemeni government was formed, headed by Moein Abdul-Malik.
Who said that the announcement of the government of political competencies is the culmination of great efforts led by President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the leadership of Saudi Arabia and the countries of the coalition supporting legitimacy, political forces and national figures.
He added, "This declaration restores the status of the state, the government, and the coalition to support legitimacy in front of the real tasks, chiefly ending (the coup and restoring the state)."
"We have finished implementing the military part of the Riyadh agreement, and we have also finished the redeployment and withdrawal process, and we have committed to the positioning plan prepared by the coalition," said the transitional spokesman in Abyan.
Military arrangements had been completed in order to implement the Riyadh Agreement, between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional.
He stressed that the new government of political competencies will work according to a different and comprehensive approach to normalize the situation in the liberated governorates, and to build on the unity of the national ranks in unifying the military and security decision in a way that helps accelerate the completion of the restoration of the state and end the Iranian-backed Houthi coup.
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various fronts of Marib represented, in 2020, a great drain on the Houthi militia, whose attempts to storm the liberated areas have failed.
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