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2022-02-09 Arabia
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Fighting eases in Yemen’s Marib as Arab Coalition revamps forces
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The Arab Coalition has deployed newly-formed units near Yemen’s Marib where battles have abated, according to military and government sources, as the warring sides hold their positions in the fight for energy-rich areas that has led to the war’s biggest escalation in years.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia last month responded to losses in Shabwa and Marib with unprecedented assaults on alliance member the United Arab Emirates, dealing a fresh blow to stalled peace efforts.
Marib is vital because it is the internationally-recognized government’s last stronghold in North Yemen, and the country’s sole gas producing region with one of its largest oilfields.
Three military sources said the Giants Brigade, southern Salafi Sunni Muslim fighters, have halted their advance in Marib after penetrating a Houthi cordon around the main city and securing the route to oil-rich Shabwa in the south.
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