Tribes stand up to the Houthi attacks in Abdiya

English - Sunday 28 June 2020 الساعة 08:05 pm
Marib, Newsyemen:

Tribesmen, with the support of Arab coalition aircraft, responded to attacks launched by the Houthi militia, on Sunday, in several areas of Al-Abdiya district, south of Marib Governorate.

A tribal source said that the Houthi militia had launched violent attacks since midnight on the Ramdah and Makhlaq regions, in an attempt to break into and penetrate deep into the Abdiya district.

It added that the tribesmen of Bani Abd and Murad were able to repel these continuous attacks until this afternoon, and the Houthi militia inflicted casualties, noting the ambushes that the tribesmen had executed and resulted in the death of a number of Houthi elements.

Simultaneously, Arab coalition fighters launched raids targeting the locations and movements of the Houthi militia in the areas of the confrontations and its environs and the Qaniya area, confirming the destruction of a Houthi tank in the village of Malh in Ramadah.