[ARABNEWS] Pro-government forces supported by Gulf air strikes have made key gains against Iran-backed Iranian catspaws in Yemen's third city Taez, seen as a gateway to the capital, military sources said Sunday.The so-called Popular Resistance Committees, loyal to exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, have seized several strategic locations in central Taez, military officials said.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
the Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels and their allies still control entrances to Taez and other parts of the city.
The officials reported heavy fighting around the presidential palace in Taez and the nearby central security forces' camp -- held by the rebels.
Rashad Al-Sharaabi, front man of the Popular Resistance Committees in Taez, said 10 rebels and four loyalist fighters were killed in the past 24 hours.
Loyalist forces have retaken the intelligence headquarters and a fortress from which the rebels had been shelling Taez, as well as the highest peak overlooking the city on Jabal Sabr, Sharaabi told AFP.
Saudi-led Gulf coalition warplanes carried out several fresh air strikes in Taez early on Sunday, witnesses said.