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Arabia
Sana'a carries out successful operation south of Ma'rib
2023-03-19
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Saudi-led coalition’s forces and its Death Eaters continue to suffer heavy casualties on the fronts south of Ma’rib province.

This was reported by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i Press Agency on Friday, based on testimonies of local sources.

According to the sources, units of Sana’a forces carried out a raid on the coalition’s positions in the south of the city of Ma’rib, hours after they succeeded in confronting the coalition’s attacks.

The sources added, that Sana’a forces repelled an advance attempt carried out by gangs from the UAE-backed "Al-Amaliqa Brigades forces and Sheba Axis recruits" towards the positions of Sana’a forces on the Harib front.

After fierce battles, which led to casualties on both sides, Sana’a forces were able to impose their control over new military positions belonging to the coalition in the al-Yahmoom area, west of Harib.

The sources pointed out that a number of senior commanders and recruits of the coalition were killed and injured.

According to the sources, Colonel Omar al-Awlaqi, commander of the support battalion in the al-Amaliqa Second Brigade and Salem al-Muradi, commander of a company in the Sheba axis were killed during the confrontations, while the fate of the leader Naji Abdullah Hussein al-Qubaisi, one of the leaders of the "Sheba axis", is still unknown.

Fighting between the two sides is still raging on, the sources added.

Posted by:Fred

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