Battles in Al-Jawf...and ballistic bombing of the city of Ma'rib

US sanctions against an international network that supports the Houthis in Yemen

A Yemeni army fighter during battles with militias in Marib.

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The United States announced, last night, the imposition of sanctions on Saeed Ahmed Muhammad al-Jamal, and other individuals and entities involved in an international network used by al-Jamal to provide tens of millions of dollars in financial support to the Houthis, in cooperation with senior officials in the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Yesterday, the Khanjar fronts in Al-Jawf governorate witnessed violent battles between the Yemeni army forces and tribes on the one hand, and the Houthi militia on the other, while the militias bombed Marib with ballistic missiles and drones, leaving 35 civilians dead and wounded.

In detail, Washington announced the imposition of US sanctions on an international network that supports the Houthis in Yemen, and added, according to a statement by the US State Department, “These brokers and these fictitious companies who belong to the Camel network sell goods, such as Iranian oil, throughout the Middle East and beyond, and then They transfer a large part of the revenue to the Houthis in Yemen. We are sanctioning a camel pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technical support, goods, or services to the IRGC-Qods Force.”

As for the other 11 sanctions that affected, last Thursday, individuals, companies and a ship, they are because they play major roles in this illegal network, and one of them, according to the statement, a member of the Quds Force, helped al-Jamal in purchasing ships, facilitating fuel shipments and transferring money for the benefit of the Houthis.

These 11 individuals, entities, and vessels are subject to sanctions due to their association with the Camel and other parts of this network.

The statement called on the Houthis to accept the ceasefire, saying, "It is time for the Houthis to accept the ceasefire, and for all parties to resume political talks."

Yesterday, a Yemeni source said that the Houthis bombed the city of Marib, in eastern Yemen, which resulted in the death of eight people and the wounding of 27, according to an inconclusive outcome.

On the ground, the Khanjar fronts in the Yemeni governorate of Al-Jawf witnessed yesterday violent battles between the Yemeni army forces and tribes on the one hand, and the Houthi militia on the other, concentrated in the western and northwestern areas of the camp, leaving Houthis dead and wounded.

Field sources confirmed that the army and tribes were able to break a militia attack on military sites on the Khanjar front, north of the city of Al-Hazm, noting that Houthi groups attacked military sites west of the Khanjar front, the attacks were thwarted and broken, which resulted in the fall of many militia members.

In addition, yesterday, the army forces concluded a new prisoner exchange deal with the militias, which took place east of Al-Jawf, where eight prisoners from both sides were released.

In Marib, Yemeni military sources confirmed their right to respond to the Houthi attacks, which targeted residential areas in the city with ballistic missiles and drones, leaving 35 civilians dead or wounded.

The death toll from the Houthi bombing with ballistic missiles and booby-trapped aircraft on the city of Marib, the day before yesterday, rose to 35 dead and wounded, including women and children, according to medical and local sources, noting that eight people were killed and more than 27 wounded, including women, in the Houthi shelling with two missiles. Ballistic missiles and two drones on the city of Marib.

Last Saturday, the militias committed a massacre against civilians, when they targeted a gas station in the city center with a ballistic missile, killing 21 civilians, including two children, one of whom was charred.

The government condemned the "cowardly" Houthi attack on a mosque and women's prison in Marib, and demands that the militias be reclassified as a "terrorist organization", appealing to the international community, organizations and the Security Council to "break the circle of silence", condemn "this heinous crime" and punish the perpetrators and their supporters.

A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, published by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), considered, "This crime is a blatant challenge to all international efforts, international initiatives, and regional efforts to end the Yemeni bloodshed and stop the war," noting that "this crime came a few days after a heinous crime." The blood of its victims has not yet dried.”

For his part, Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani called on the international community to leave the box of silence, which the militias consider a green light to commit more crimes, condemn these brutal crimes and the systematic killing of civilians, women and children, and quickly work to reclassify the Houthi militia as a "terrorist organization", and present its leaders. to trial, as "war criminals".

In Hodeidah, the Houthi militia launched heavy bombardment on residential neighborhoods in the city of Hays, south of Hodeidah.

On the other hand, the engineering teams of the joint forces, in cooperation with the Coast Guard in the Red Sea sector, destroyed a sea mine, as part of a continuous survey, after finding a network of sea mines installed on the seabed planted by the Houthi militia in the Seoul area, which belongs to the Hanish archipelago, across the Red Sea, western Yemen.

• The government condemned the "cowardly" Houthi attack on a mosque and a women's prison in Marib, and demands that the militias be reclassified as a "terrorist organization."

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