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December 2021: Houthi offensive in Al-Jawf province

2022-01-01

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
By Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] The Houthis have released a large New Year's Eve report on their operations in the Al-Jawf province (as long as the bloody battles for the mountainous region of Jabal-al-Balak continue in Marib, and there is still no time for bright victorious videos - the meat grinder there is more than serious, there are heavy losses on both sides, and the intensity is such that even the commanders of the brigades are dying, and in general, is it a joke - the offensive that began on February 7, 2021 there continues with short interruptions to this day), which presents the footage traditional for such reports of the defeat of the Hadis and Saudis - scattering across the desert invaders, abandoned and destroyed equipment, liberated settlements, killed, wounded and captured enemy soldiers, interesting angles of shooting and editing. In general, everything is at the usual high level.

In total, during the operation in the province of Al-Jawf, almost 1,200 square kilometers of Yemen's territory, including the city of Yatmah, were liberated. Two Hadi brigades defending in this direction suffered heavy losses in men and material.

In fact, the Houthis took advantage of the fact that the Hadi command had pulled all reserves to Marib (even the Giants brigade was pulled from the front south of Hodeidah and driven to Marib to participate in counterattacks on the Houthis) and weakened other sectors. In al-Jawf, the Houthi command was able to feel the weakness and achieve good results.

Overall, the Yemeni War was the most intense and bloodiest war of 2021. Generally speaking, the Houthis still own the Operational Initiative (which they seized after winning the Battle of Hodeidah) and are trying to convert it into an expansion of Yemeni-controlled territory.

Since 2019, the Saudi coalition has been acting on the defensive, abandoning the idea of achieving victory over the Houthis by military means, now Riyadh is more concerned with the question of how to get out of this war without saving face and so that it does not look like a defeat from Iran. Iran perfectly understands the difficulties of its opponents, so it continues to actively support the Houthis, which allows them to somewhat counterbalance the enemy’s complete air domination with retaliatory attacks from drones and ballistic missiles.

At the moment, there are no preconditions for the end of this war, which has been going on since 2015. The centerpiece of the war will remain the battle of Marib, which the Houthis are determined to take and Saudi Arabia is determined not to surrender.

Good luck to the Houthis in the coming year 2022. There are even more such videos, and of course, well-aimed missile launches at Riyadh.

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