Southern forces surround a Houthi camp north of Dhale’... and the militia executes a tribal sheikh in Ibb

English - Sunday 26 January 2020 الساعة 08:09 am
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A field military source said that the joint southern forces repelled an attack by the Houthi militia, on Saturday evening, in the Al-Fakher Front, north of Al-Dhale’ governorate.

It added, that violent clashes erupted after the Houthi militia carried out a new infiltration attempt towards locations in the “Hajar Bab Ghalaq” front in the Al-Fakher area, which they lost earlier.

 It stated that clashes erupted between the two parties with various types of weapons, confirming the death and injury of a number of Houthi elements.

While the media center for the Al-Dhale’ axis stated that the southern joint forces besieged the Al-Hassas camp, the last stronghold of the Houthis north of Al-Dhale’.

Earlier, the Houthi militia described a tribal sheikh from the Ibb governorate, after he refused to mobilize fighters from the Ibb governorate, to reinforce its ranks in the Al-Fakher Front.

 According to the source, the militia executed Sheikh in Al-Nadra area Abdo Muhammad Al-Wael, due to his failure to work in recruiting fighters for them.