Southern forces thwart Houthi infiltration in the vicinity of "Lokmat Othman" in al-Fakher

English - Monday 17 February 2020 الساعة 02:34 pm
Al-Dhale’, Newsyemen :

The forces of the "Fourth Brigade", a southern resistance backed by joint forces units early Monday, thwarted a military infiltration by the Houthi militia in the vicinity of the city of Al-Fakhir, northwest of Al-Dhale‘.

According to Major General "Fourth", the resistance of Captain Barakat al-Jabali, to inform the front, that Houthi armed groups attempted to infiltrate into the positions of a southern force in Lakmat Othman, amid fierce shelling by bullets from the militia fire stationed at a number of barracks at the outskirts of al-Fakhir.

The General Staff of the "Fourth" brigade of resistance also explained that the brigade's forces and the joint forces managed to thwart the field infiltration of the Houthi elements and fought violent clashes with the militias in which they used machine guns and anti-air weapons from both sides.

The Al-Fakher Front, in which confrontations are taking place between the southern forces and the Houthi militants in Habil Al-Abdi, Habil Al-Kalb, Kharaza, Othman and Marzakh, is one of the fiercest and largest fronts in Al-Dhale’.