[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Yemeni army has liberated new sites in Bart, north of al-Jawf governorate, after heavy battles in the past week during which 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
militias suffered significant human and material losses, Al Arabiya English reports.
Staff Officer Maj. Gen. Col. Hazm Kharssan has asserted that the army managed to liberate areas where the Houthi militias were centered from Dahra to al-Qaeif in the Bart Anan Directorate, including al-Nabeia, al-Ashash and Rah.
Col. Kharssan said that the fighting that initially broke out at dawn on Saturday was still going amid steady progress of the armed forces with a large collapse within the Houthi militias’ ranks.
On the other hand, a Yemeni military source said on Saturday that there has been continuous advances from the military reinforcements on the Western coast, on land and sea, to the fighting locations in the southern coastline of Hodeidah.
The source confirmed the resumption of the operations focused on liberating Hodeidah and its ports from the Houthi militias.
The source added that the Houthi militias have been stubborn to withdraw from Hodeidah and have escalated their attacks on international ships, which has forced the army and the coalition to resume their military operations to liberate the strategic port city.