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| Yemen loyalist army retrieves strategic sites in Bayda |
| 2018-04-06 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Yemeni army retrieved on Thursday new strategic locations in the Redman district north of al-Bayda province. According to a military source, the army forces were able to liberate a number of strategic locations in the area of Qanya north of the al-Bayda, including al-Faliq mountain, Ramdah plateau and Al Wae’el and Kharfan mountains overlooking the area of Qanya, as well as Al Yasbel area and a number of sites and hills. He added that "the liberation of these sites coincided with intensive air raids by the coalition forces, targeting the locations and tracing the movements of the militias, resulting in significant human and material losses in their ranks, including the destruction of a weapons’ depot in She’ab Al Ma’ez in Bani Wahab, Sawadiyah Directorate. An air strike by coalition fighters targeted positions of 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... militia in Jabal Mas'udah, in al-Bayda, resulting in the death of the Houthi leader Abu al-Hassan al-Saadawi and a number of militia members, according to field sources. At the same time, the army artillery intensively bombarded the positions of the militias in Jabal Mas'udah and Jabal al-Aar causing deaths and injuries within the militias and the destruction of their machinery. The Yemeni army confirmed that the confrontations continue on the Qanya front in Radman Directorate, amid steady and continuous progress of the army forces, with direct support from the coalition aircraft. |
| Posted by:Fred |