Reinforcements from Saada and recruiting for the marginalized ... Details of Houthi mobs that reached Hodeidah
English - Sunday 13 December 2020 الساعة 04:37 pm
Al-Hodeidah, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
The Houthi militia brought masses of fighters and new military reinforcements to the city of Hodeidah from its stronghold and the camps of its areas of control in the governorate subject to the Sweden agreement, amid preparations for a possible attack on the joint forces' sites.
Local residents and security sources in Hodeidah said that large reinforcements of Iran's arm have arrived in the coastal city from Saada Governorate and the northern directorates of the governorate, where Houthi militia camps and reception farms are located.
According to the sources, the Houthi militia is making military preparations to launch a possible attack on the Al-Durahimi front and the Mandhr front after combat reinforcements arrived from Saada, and groups of the marginalized group were pushed to fight battles.
The sources indicated that dozens of Houthi militia recruits arrived at Omar al-Mukhtar training camp adjacent to Al-Hudaydah University, where the most advanced reception sites for Iranian arm fighters coming from Saada, Amran, Hajjah and Mahwit.
The sources pointed out that Iran's arm is storing weapons and ammunition in rooms in Hodeidah University buildings due to its proximity to Al-Mukhtar camp and the battle lines on the coastline.
According to the sources, the militias bombard repeatedly with mortars from inside the university to the village of Mandhr, in an attempt to target the joint forces stationed in the vicinity of the village near the western gate of Hodeidah airport.
The sources monitored the arrival on Friday afternoon of more than thirty-five Houthi militia fighters coming from Saada to the city of Hodeidah, as part of a new escalation of Iran's arm.
According to the sources, they were sent by order of the leader of the Houthi militia, all of them from Saada and their ages ranged between 25, 27 and 30 years, and they were brought down to the Taj Osan Hotel on Sanaa Street in preparation for sending them to the fronts, in an indication of directives issued to launch a surprise attack in the fighting fronts of the city subject to a truce in accordance with the Sweden agreement since December of In 2018.
The sources explained that the pro Houthi leader, Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Qadimi, appointed from the Iranian arm as an agent for the province of Hodeidah, arrived in the city at the head of crowds of fighters, most of them marginalized children who were recruited from the Al-Dahi district.
Sources added: The summoned al-Qadimi handed his crowds to the Houthi leader Ahmed Al-Bishri, the supervisor and the agent of the governorate, who in turn sent them to Sheikh Abbas Al-Himiari, who assumed the responsibility of distributing them on the battlefronts.
The Houthi militia suffers from a great deficit in its fighting ranks and a popular refusal to engage in fighting with its ranks as a result of fighting a depleting guerrilla war in battles that throw dozens of people into mass incinerations.
Meanwhile, local sources said that the current supervisors of the two districts and al-Durahimi held a meeting to discuss the shortage of human militia forces and their inability to mobilize more fighters in their areas of control.
According to the sources, the supervisor of Al-Hali directorate sent more than twenty-five fighters, all of whom were mobilized from the neighborhoods and lanes of the Al-Hali district, to the sites of the Iranian arm in the Durahimi front to reinforce its positions, which are witnessing a severe shortage in the number of fighters.
