Yemen.. overthrowing the militia march and thwarting the smuggling of weapons to the Houthis, south of Hodeidah

An archive photo of members of the Yemeni army

Military sources on the western coast of Yemen confirmed the downing of a drone launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the Hays district, south of Hodeidah, noting that the drone is the second in less than 24 hours to be shot down on the western coast.

The military media of the joint Yemeni forces on the western coast stated that the defenses of the Giants Brigades shot down a Houthi militia drone before it reached its target in the Saqm sector in the Hays front, south of Hodeidah, pointing out that the plane is the second launched by the militia towards the coastal fronts, where it shot down a Houthi bomb march yesterday. Fired towards Al-Khawkhah district, south of Al-Hodeidah.

Meanwhile, the militias renewed their shelling of civilians in the Hays district, which led to the death of a civilian affected by shrapnel from a Houthi mortar shell that fell on his house in the village of Al-Mashara'ah in the Hays district, south of Hodeidah.

On the other hand, the joint forces on the western coast seized a ship with 9 Houthis on board near the port of Al-Mokha. It was carrying drugs and explosives-making materials coming from Somalia to the Houthi militia.

The military media of the joint venture on the western coast stated that the ship's crew admitted during investigations that it was heading to the port of Hodeidah and that the license was for the purpose of camouflage, as the militias used to smuggle weapons and missile components and marches across the African coasts and from there to coasts under the control of the Houthis.

Yemeni shipping sources stated that the Yemeni Coast Guard forces and international forces operating in international waters have seized many terrorist cells and thwarted many Houthi targets of maritime traffic in the territorial waters of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, during the past months.

A report issued by the Yemeni Network for Yemeni Rights and Freedoms indicated that the Houthi militia has turned its areas of control in Yemen into an open market for drugs, and a wide dump for all prohibited and legally criminalized prohibitions.

 The network confirmed that drug smuggling is closely linked to the Houthi militia, and its leaders are involved in trafficking in it and facilitating its passage in large quantities, noting that "there is a Houthi team working in secret in the drug trade headed by Muhammad al-Houthi, Abu Ali al-Hakim, the brother of the militia leader Abdul Karim al-Houthi, Faris Manna and other leaders."

 For his part, Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak said, "The practices of the Houthi militia have gone beyond being practices of internal rebellion or a local threat, by targeting international ports and shipping lines, to being a serious threat to international peace and security."

The official Saba news agency quoted a speech delivered by Bin Mubarak, before the Regional Security Conference (Manama Dialogue) hosted by the Bahraini capital, that the terrorist role played by the militias in undermining the security and safety of international navigation in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea through its sabotage practices in laying naval mines, And carrying out acts of piracy on commercial ships, targeting oil ports through drones, and using the floating Safer oil tanker as a blackmail card for the international community.

Bin Mubarak called on the international community to properly understand the nature of the Houthi militia and exert effective pressure on it by classifying it as a terrorist organization and draining its financial resources and adhering to the three references for the solution represented in the Gulf initiative and its implementation mechanism and the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue conference and relevant United Nations resolutions, the most important of which is Resolution 2216, which was agreed upon nationally, regionally and internationally. .

In Taiz, the militias continued their combat escalation on the fronts of the western governorate, and at dawn today they renewed their shelling on the positions of the Yemeni army and the resistance in the vicinity of the air defense camp and the Al-Zanouj front, northwest of the city of Taiz.

 Field sources stated that the forces and the resistance responded to the Houthi attacks by targeting their positions in the area, and inflicted heavy losses on them.

The Yemeni army chief of staff, Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz, confirmed during his meeting with the US Central Command commander, General Michael Eric Korella, on the sidelines of the Manama conference, that the militias are a subversive project of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Yemen and the region.

According to the official Saba agency, "General Korella" affirmed to Ben Aziz his country's continued support for the Yemeni government to achieve security and stability in Yemen, and renewed his condemnation of the Houthi militia's continued intransigence in all steps aimed at peace.

In Marib, the Yemeni army and resistance forces thwarted a Houthi attempt to establish sites on the Raghwan front, northwest of the governorate, and targeted and destroyed the vehicles operating at the site.

Meanwhile, Yemeni intelligence sources in the city of Marib warned of Houthi attempts to push sabotage cells into the liberated areas in the governorate with the aim of planting explosive devices in vital areas, as well as transferring military and other coordinates related to the military and political leaders in the governorate, with the aim of targeting them with drones deployed in the governorate. Governorate surroundings.

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