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| Yemen's Ansarullah fighters enter port of Mocha, two towns in south |
| 2015-03-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Yemen's Ansarullah fighters, backed by units of the army, have entered a strategic port city and two towns in the south as they press ahead with operations to take full control of the southern portion of the crisis-hit country. Reports say the Houthis entered the port of Mocha, nearly 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of the major city of Ta'izz, on Tuesday. The takeover of the port will facilitate the revolutionaries' critical access to the strategic strait of Bab el-Mandeb. The Ansarullah fighters took control of Ta'izz on March 22. In another operation, the Houthis entered the town of Dhale'e, some 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of Ta'izz, on the same day. Clashes broke out between the fighters and murderous Moslems loyal to the runaway President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in the town. Kirsh was the other town taken over by the Houthis on Tuesday. It lies about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the city of Aden, where Hadi has taken refuge. |
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