Thwart Houthi movements in Hodeidah

The Yemeni army controls all the areas between the al-Kasara and al-Mujajah fronts.

The militias inflicted 54 dead and 75 prisoners in the Kisarah and al-Muhajih battles when the two fronts joined together.

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The Yemeni army forces and the tribes, backed by the Arab coalition, have taken control of all the sites and regions, between the two fronts of "Al-Kasara and Al-Mushajeh" west of Ma'rib, after the two fronts merged, and the battles moved towards the Al-Khadkara front, while the coalition fighters carried out specific operations against the Houthi militia sites and reinforcements in the vicinity of Ma'rib and Hajjah. When the joint forces thwarted Houthi movements in the districts of Beit Al-Faqih and Al-Tuhayta in Hodeidah.

In the details, the Yemeni army forces and the tribes, with great support from the coalition fighters, made great progress in the west of the Ma'rib governorate on Monday morning, and took control of all the areas between the two fronts of "Al-Kasara and Al-Muhajeeh" after their joining in the series "Tabab Al-Alam", after 29 hours of battles with The Houthi militia left dozens dead, wounded, and captured.

Field sources confirmed the control of the army and the tribes, supported by the coalition, over all the sites and areas between the fronts of "Al-Kasara and Al-Mashjah" after the restoration of "Hamma Al-Sayd" and the merging of the two fronts in the "Tabab Al-Alam", and control of the supply line between Al-Kassarah and Sarawah, and it continued to advance towards "Qarn Hailan." It imposed its fiery control over it, as it advanced towards "Al-Narcara Valley."

The sources indicated that the army and the tribes, under the air cover of the coalition fighters, are continuing to make great progress on the fronts west of Ma'rib, after the fusion of the fronts of "Al-Kasara and Al-Mujajeh" and the breakdown of the Houthi militia in them, pointing to the transfer of the battles to the strategic "Al-Mukhdarah" front northwest of Marib, where it is taking place. The battles in "Narcotic Valley."

The sources indicated that the militias were inflicted 54 dead and 75 prisoners, in the battles of al-Kasara and al-Mushajeh when the two fronts merged, in addition to the destruction of a “tank, three armored vehicles and 13 crews” belonging to the Houthis, confirming the killing of the leader of the Kassara front of the militia called “Abu Khaled al-Sufyani”, along with all his companions in The last battles.

And field sources in Marib confirmed the death of more than 100 Houthis, during the past two days, including prominent field leaders in the battles in the western part of the governorate, indicating that Al-Sufyani is the third leader of the Ksara Front to be killed during confrontations with the army since the start of the Houthi attack on the outskirts of Marib in Last February 7, which left more than 3,000 Houthis dead, including hundreds of prominent field leaders.

The control of the “Tabab al-Alam” located between the “left and right Kharj Mountains” series represents a qualitative leap in the course of the battles at the Kassara and Al-Mushajeh front, as these sites control the areas of Hamat al-Sayd, al-Zour, Wadi Thanh and the Dam front, which the militias tried over the course of. The days of advancing towards it and encircling the city of Ma'rib, and today it is fully secured, and the process of docking on those fronts opened the way for the army and tribes towards the rest of the fronts in the Sarwah district, securing the roads coming from the districts of Medghal and Raghwan, as well as securing the areas of “Al-Atif, Waidat Al-Ra’a, and Al-Dashosh,” The nevus of wear, the tendency and the leptospirosis ».

The head of the military media sector in the Yemeni army, Colonel Yahya Al-Hatami, said: “The army’s strategy, which it recently followed on the Ma'rib and Al-Jawf fronts, achieved its goals with more than 100% success, and liberated sites on the al-Mashjah and al-Kassarah fronts that had not been liberated since 2015,” affirming the liberation of the series. Mountains of Knowledge »between Al-Mshahji and Al-Kassara

He added in a press statement: “The strategy of counterattacks, ambushes, lures, sudden and preemptive raids, and monitoring of all Houthi movements has succeeded and limited the effectiveness and capacity of the militias, weakening them significantly, in addition to the disagreements and liquidations that the Houthis are witnessing, against the backdrop of their defeats in the battles of Ma'rib and Al-Jawf. ».

Al-Hatami confirmed that when the army and the tribes reached Tabab al-Alam between al-Kasara and al-Masjah, the militias were fighting among themselves, which led to the deaths of 18 of their members. He pointed out that the area is of great military importance, as it supervises the supply routes between the Serwah and Sana'a fronts. .

He pointed out that the militias executed their members who refused to fight at the front, before the army and the tribes arrived there, according to what was confirmed by the wounded Houthi in the Al-Alam region, and confirmed that Houthi leaders carried out mass executions against their elements who refused to fight on the fronts of Ma'rib and Al-Jawf.

On the other hand, the coalition fighters carried out military operations, described as qualitative and accurate, targeting Houthi sites and reinforcements, as well as destroying vital and strategic sites of a leadership nature, and operating rooms and meetings of the Houthi leaders, the last of which was the targeting of a meeting of them in Jabal Serwah, west of Marib, behind the dead and wounded among leaders Notable.

The coalition fighters also destroyed, at dawn yesterday, Houthi reinforcements, including tanks, armored vehicles, crews and troop carriers, and a truck carrying ammunition and weapons, which was on its way from Sarwah towards the Al-Mashjah front, after its arrival from the countryside of the capital, Sana'a.

Houthi reinforcements, which left Al-Hazm city in Al-Jawf governorate, also targeted the outskirts of the Ragwan district on their way towards Al-Kassara, and Houthi reinforcements in Al-Jadaan area came from Khawlan, Sana'a, on their way to Al-Kassara after controlling the door of Al-Alam.

The coalition fighters targeted Houthi sites and reinforcements in Sirwah and Mughal in Marib, and in the Haradh district of Hajjah governorate, which led to the destruction of vehicles and the death and injury of a number of Houthis.

And on the "Bani Dabyan - Dana" front, tribal sources confirmed that the Houthi militia had disavowed an agreement with it a month ago regarding its cessation of sending fighters and combat vehicles across its territory towards the Dam front in Marib, provided that the tribesmen in Bani Dabyan stop attacking their members. However, during the past two days, the militias have sent mechanisms and human reinforcements across the region towards the Dina Valley in Marib, in complete disavowal of the agreement, which prompted the tribes to fall apart and spread in the region to prevent any Houthi movements.

According to the sources, the militias sent tribal mediation to Bani Dabyan, to renew the agreement, which was rejected by the tribes who confirmed that the militias do not have a covenant or a mandate and do not fulfill any agreement or covenants, noting that the tribes confirmed the targeting of any Houthi movements, and preventing the creation of trenches, sites and entry Tanks, vehicles and missile launchers.

In Hodeidah, the Houthi militia stepped up its bombing of civilian objects in the Al-Jah area of ​​the Beit Al-Faqih district, using machine guns and snipers, which prompted the joint forces to target the sources of fire and remove the sites created by the Houthis in the midst of trees and palms, through which civilians are targeted.

Also, units of the giants of the Eighth Brigade were able to thwart Houthi movements in the vicinity of their sites in the areas of Al-Faza and Al-Jabaliya in Al-Tuhayat District, and secured them, after destroying the fortifications and the new barricades.

In Taiz, the air defense front, northwest of the city of Taiz, witnessed confrontations between the army and resistance forces, and the Houthi militia, after the latter's attempt to advance in the area to achieve a breakthrough in the army's first defensive lines, as the operation was thwarted and the militias suffered great losses.

Militias threaten to close Sanaa shops

The Houthi militia threatened to close the shops and merchants of the capital, Sana'a, if they refused to provide data for their capital base to impose zakat on it, according to a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Capital Sana'a.

The statement denounced the militia’s arbitrariness against merchants and businessmen, under the pretext of implementing the directives of the Zakat Authority established by Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, which represents an arm to loot money, referring to the storming of shops with vehicles of militants, security forces and intelligence personnel, which exposes the private sector to great damage.

The Chamber's statement indicated that the Houthi militias, through the Zakat Authority, are demanding the private sector to have the database or will close their stores, despite the majority of merchants paying their zakat and their commitment to law and order, and that the Houthi demands of the private sector are in violation of Islamic Sharia and laws.

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army's strategy is based on counterattacks, ambushes, lures, sudden and preemptive raids, and monitoring the movements of the Houthis.

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