Dangerous confrontations and repercussions in Hodeidah and "total war is a matter of time"

English - Sunday 15 December 2019 الساعة 10:10 am
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Al-Hodeidah, the coastal districts and the south of the governorate witnessed simultaneous military operations, attacks, shelling and widespread targeting, on Saturday, and the joint forces clashed with the militia for hours.

Houthi militias will continue to target joint forces positions in the Kilo 16 area east of the city of Hodeidah, using snipers and PECA weapons, according to a field source.

On Saturday morning, December 14, 2019, the militias launched a fierce attack from the north and east sides of the city of Hays, the center of the district, with heavy use of various weapons towards the positions of the joint forces - 7th Brigade Giants

Newsyemen reported that a military source said that the attack continued from eight in the morning until twelve in the afternoon with various weapons, artillery and missile shells.

In the context, local sources in Hays said, that militias shelled citizens ’homes north of the city with heavy mortar shells 82 and 60 violently, and launched a bombardment targeting homes south of the city with B10 artillery shells, and medium-weapons fire and the rate of pica and sniper weapons were also opened intensively from afternoon hours to evening.

Military sources in Al-Drahami stated that militias bombed the joint forces' positions east of the district with 120-mm heavy mortar shells, and targeted them with medium-caliber 14.5 weapons, and with a Pica rate weapon.

A field military source on the outskirts of Al-Hodeidah city warned, on Saturday, of the brutal escalation of militias towards the bombing of the military situation, which makes the outbreak of all-out war a matter of time in light of the unprecedented increase in attacks, mobilization and bombing in all axes and sectors.

The Iranian arm militia used various types of medium weapons and BMB vehicle shells, and badly damaged the property of farmers and public services.

Local sources said that the militias targeted using medium-weapons and shells at citizens ’farms in the west of Al-Tahta district, and destroyed a solar-powered water project supplying a number of farms.