Al-Houthi kidnapped the sheikhs of Murad from the hospital, and Al-Shaddadi was martyred
English - Saturday 16 October 2021 الساعة 09:21 am
Marib, NewsYemen, Private:
On Friday evening, military and tribal leaders were martyred during violent battles in the remaining areas of the Abdiya district, south of Ma'rib Governorate.
A military source told NewsYemen that both the commander of the 159th Brigade, Abdel Hakim Al-Shadadi, and Sheikh Awad Nakeer, the commander of the Abdiya Front, were martyred during battles on Friday, amid news of the militia's liquidation of a number of them during its control of the district center.
The martyr Abdul Hakim Al-Shadadi is the son of the martyr and military leader Abdul-Rab Al-Shaddadi, who was martyred in battles with the Houthi militia in Sorouh.
On Friday, the militia took control of areas and buildings in the district of Abdiya, including the only hospital in the district, while the fate of dozens of wounded and sick people who were receiving treatment inside is not yet known.
According to NewsYemen sources, a number of Abdiya sheikhs, including Sheikh Muhammad Mabkhout Al-Ahrq and Sheikh Faisal Ali Al-Thabti, were injured in confrontations with the militia on Wednesday, and they were receiving treatment inside the district hospital, which was controlled by the militia, and their fate has not been known until now.
According to the sources, the government forces in Al-Abdiyyah are engaged in violent battles in an attempt to regain the center of the Abdiya district, which was controlled by the militia on Friday, and dozens of government forces were killed and wounded during the confrontations.
Meanwhile, local sources said that Iran's arm continues to harass the people of the Abdiya district after a siege that has been in place for nearly a month, and its control of the district's center and its bombing of residential villages with ballistic missiles, mortars and various types of weapons.
Many of the villages of Abdiya are also witnessing a wave of internal displacement with the advance of the militia.
