Escalation on the fronts of Marib, Al-Jawf, Saada and the western coast

UAE condemns Houthi militia attempt to target Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia

The legitimate forces inflicted heavy losses on the Houthi militia on several fronts.

AFP

The UAE has expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attempts of the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia to systematically and deliberately target civilians and civilian objects in Khamis Mushait, the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through a booby-trapped plane, which was intercepted and destroyed by the coalition forces.

While the battles and raids continued on Houthi positions in western Marib and the vicinity of the Khanjar camp in Al-Jawf and Baqim district in Saada, with the escalation of hostilities on the fronts of the western coast of Yemen.

In detail, the UAE affirmed, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, that the continuation of the terrorist attacks of the Houthi group reflects its blatant defiance of the international community and its disregard for all international laws and norms.

The ministry urged the international community to take an immediate and decisive stance to stop these repeated actions targeting vital and civil facilities, the security of the Kingdom, energy supplies and global economic stability, stressing that the continuation of these attacks in recent times is a dangerous escalation, and new evidence of these militias' efforts to undermine security and stability. in the region.

The Ministry renewed the UAE's full solidarity with the Kingdom in the face of these terrorist attacks, standing with it in one line against every threat to its security and stability, and supporting it in all measures it takes to preserve its security and the safety of its citizens and residents.

The statement stressed that the security of the United Arab Emirates and the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are indivisible, and that any threat or danger facing the Kingdom is considered by the state as a threat to its security and stability system.

The Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced, at dawn yesterday, the interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the Houthi militia towards Khamis Mushait, southern Saudi Arabia, the third since Friday evening.

The coalition confirmed that the terrorist militias continued their attempts to target civilians and civilian objects, indicating that operational measures were taken to protect civilians and civilian objects from hostile attempts.

And on Saturday, the coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen announced the thwarting of an imminent hostile attack using two booby-trapped boats in the southern Red Sea by the Houthi militia, noting that two booby-trapped boats were destroyed by remote control opposite the Salif port, north of Hodeidah, before the hostile operation was carried out.

The coalition added that this type of hostilities means "the Houthi militia's continued threat to shipping lines and global trade."

For his part, the Yemeni Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Muammar Al-Eryani, confirmed that the Houthi militias are exploiting Yemeni ports to implement Iran's agendas, through the use of booby-trapped boats, which the coalition to support legitimacy confronted and failed, and reaffirmed the great danger that the militias still pose to the security and safety of ships. Commercial and maritime traffic in one of the most important international lanes.

He added that the Houthi militia's taking the ports of Hodeidah, Saleef, and Ras Issa as bases for planning and preparing for terrorist attacks and as a launching pad for remotely controlled booby-trapped boats, confirms its complete coup against the Sweden agreement, and its exploitation to implement the Iranian agenda to spread chaos in the region and threaten international interests.

He called on the international community, the United Nations, the permanent members of the Security Council and the UN and US envoys to condemn these attacks, and to take firm positions regarding these terrorist acts that target not only the security and stability of Yemen and the countries of the region, but also international peace and security and the interests of the whole world.

On the other hand, the spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, explained that the Houthi militia is spreading fabrications for fake victories to raise the morale of its members and calm popular anger in their areas of control.

Al-Maliki confirmed that the Saudi and coalition forces are taking their defensive positions along the Yemeni-Saudi border, and that the Yemeni army controls an area of ​​30 km inside Saada governorate, and the coalition supports it in its combat operations inside Yemen.

He pointed out that the coalition's operations had left 20,000 Houthis dead and wounded within six months, and more than 4,000 Houthi militia vehicles and vehicles were destroyed in Marib and Al Jawf.

In Marib, a source in the Yemeni army forces confirmed that the militias fled their losses in Marib, which they incurred over the past months, to fabricating clips and pictures that they have made advances on the border front, in order to draw the attention of the tribes and mislead them after their refusal to mobilize more fighters and push them to the fronts. Houthi.

A field study of the Yemeni army confirmed that the militias pushed young men and children to the fighting fronts and forced them to leave their schools and work sites, and that the tribes began to realize that they had lost the category of manpower among their members as a result of the futile Houthi fight.

According to population projections in Yemen, the proportion of this group in 2020 reaches about 32% of the total population, and constitutes the largest proportion of the labor force, which increases its importance in society and increases its needs at the economic, social and service levels.

In Sana'a, the Houthi militia acknowledged the killing of 950 of its members, including 472 leaders, during May and April, while the other elements deceived were in the thousands.

On the ground, violent battles took place between the Yemeni army forces and tribes on the one hand, and the Houthi militia on the other, on the fronts of Al-Mashajah, Al-Kasara, Ragwan and the outskirts of Hailan, Al-Jadaan and Al-Zour, which led to deaths and injuries, and the destruction of Houthi combat mechanisms.

Field sources confirmed that the coalition fighters actively participated in these confrontations, as they launched a series of qualitative and focused raids that destroyed Houthi vehicles that were on their way from Sirwah towards Al-Kasara and Al-Mashjah.

The sources indicated that 43 Houthis, including a prominent field commander named Brigadier Samir Muhammad Al-Hamrani, and the nickname "Abu Yahya", were killed in the recent confrontations and raids west of Marib.

In the south of the governorate, the army and tribes carried out a qualitative ambush for Houthi elements on the Hadba front in Jabal Maran, which led to the death and injury of many members.

In Al-Jawf, the army and tribes forces thwarted a second Houthi attack on their positions in the vicinity of Al-Khanjar camp in the Khub and Al-Sha`f district, inflicting heavy losses on the militias, while coalition fighters launched six raids on Houthi sites, targets and mechanisms in the area.

In Saada, Yemeni army forces bombed Houthi sites in Baqim district, inflicting heavy losses on them. They also bombed other sites in Shada, Munbih and Razih districts.

On the other hand, clashes continued between the militias and the tribes of "Dhu Hassan" in the Al-Humaydat district, west of Al-Jawf, for the second day in a row, after it erupted between the two sides in the city of Al-Hazm, the provincial capital, according to local sources, confirming the death of three Houthi elements and the injury of others.

The sources indicated that the tribes of "Dhu Hassan" continued to mobilize their members in separate areas of Al-Jawf to confront the Houthi militias, while the militias declared alert and deployed their members in the streets of the capital, Sana'a, in anticipation of any confrontations with the tribes coming from Al-Jawf.

In Lahj, the southern forces reinforced their presence along the seam areas in the north of the governorate, in anticipation of any confrontations with the Houthi militia stationed on the main line in the vicinity of the Kersh area of ​​the Qubaita district, after information was received that they were ready to launch an attack on the isolation of Kersh and the opening of the southern fronts.

The media of the Security Belt Forces stated that units of the Security Belt, led by the commander of the Karsh sector, Majid Murshid Al-Subaihi, were deployed at the official points to reinforce their presence in securing the Karsh line, to prevent any security disruptions along the line, and in support of the army and the southern resistance forces in the region.

In Hodeidah, the joint forces demolished Houthi barracks and dens in the seam areas east of the city of Hodeidah and separate areas of the districts of Hays, Al-Durayhimi and Al-Tahita, inflicting heavy losses on them.

A Houthi element was killed and six wounded by the explosion of a network of mines and explosives, while they were trying to plant them in the Hays district, south of Hodeidah, according to field sources in the joint forces, who indicated that the militias tried to plant mines, explosives and explosive devices in farms and public roads in the areas of Dar al-Masawi and Dar al-Qahim, south of the city of Hays, before To explode a network of mines with its elements.

For its part, the United Nations mission in Hodeidah condemned the Houthi attack, which targeted a government school in the Tuhayta district, and injuring four children who were playing in its vicinity.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The terrorist attacks of the Houthi group reflect its blatant defiance of the international community, and its disregard for international laws and norms.

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