Coalition fighters intensify their raids on the fronts of Hajjah and Marib, with the escalation of battles on several fronts
English - Thursday 03 March 2022 الساعة 06:23 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, special:
Military sources in Hajjah Governorate confirmed that the government forces and the resistance, with direct and intense support from the Arab coalition fighters led by Saudi Arabia, have dealt specific and painful strikes against the Houthi terrorist militia, on the fronts in the north of the province during the past few hours.
It reported that the militias of Iran's arm have been desperate to restore the "Bani Hassan" area in the Abs district, and for this have provided many forms during the past few days, including many prominent field leaders, as well as the destruction of many combat mechanisms, including tanks, armored vehicles, Katyusha rocket launchers, crews, and vehicles carrying weapons and supplies.
The Arab coalition announced the implementation of 23 targeting operations against the militias in Hajjah and Marib during the past 24 hours, which led to the destruction of 17 combat vehicles and human losses among the militias.
The sources confirmed the killing of 21 Houthis, including Houthi leader Zakaria Doman, leader Nasser Yahya Heba Musharraf of the Houthis in Aflah al-Sham district in Hajjah governorate, and a number of snipers and marching experts, including a foreigner, in confrontations and raids over the past few hours, in Abs and Haradh.
While the militias continued to send combat reinforcements to Hajjah, local media reported that the militias mourned 764 of their members who fell on the Hajjah fronts alone, during last February, while hospitals in Hajjah and Sana’a announced their inability to receive more bodies and injured.
The militias also continued to send groups of their members to the Marib fronts, as part of their recent mobilization to carry out a new combat operation towards the city of Marib from several axes, according to field sources in Marib, noting that the militias are preparing to launch a major attack on Marib in response to the decision to classify it as a terrorist group and prevent arms released by the UN Security Council.
The sources indicated that the coalition fighters targeted Houthi combat mechanisms in the Mahlia district, south of Ma'rib, after arriving from Al-Bayda, and similar reinforcements were targeted in Sirwah, which arrived from Sana'a through the "Habbab" area, which led to the destruction of 15 combat vehicles, including an armored vehicle.
The southern and western fronts of Marib witnessed violent confrontations between the two sides, which resulted in the death and injury of many Houthis, concentrated in the areas east of al-Juba in the south, and al-Kasara in Serwah to the west.
Field sources confirmed that the forces, backed by the resistance and the coalition fighters, imposed fiery control over the Houthi supply lines heading towards the mountains of the "Mallaa" area in Al-Juba, after violent battles with the Houthis left many dead and wounded among the terrorists.
According to the sources, the prominent Houthi leader "Abu Harb al-Mushki" was killed in those raids, while the leader, "Abu Sultan al-Houthi", responsible for launching missiles and marches from the Marib fronts, and one of those close to the terrorist Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the militia leader, was captured, noting that al-Houthi was captured. A qualitative operation of a special combat unit, directly affiliated with the joint operations in Marib.
The past few hours witnessed renewed confrontations between the army and tribes on the one hand, and the Houthi militia on the other hand, in the mountain ranges between Al-Jawf and Saada, concentrated in the "Qadamel" mountains in the northern axis of Al-Jawf Governorate, after an attempt to infiltrate Houthi elements towards the army's positions in the area.
The coalition fighters had targeted combat vehicles carrying Houthi armed groups, in the Khub and Al Sha'af district, which were on their way to the contact areas in the northern axis of Al-Jawf.
In the eastern city of Al-Hazm, the capital of Al-Jawf, a civilian was killed in clashes between Houthi elements and tribesmen angry at the Houthis’ continued detention of oil and gas locomotives in the city, depriving Al-Jawf, Sana’a and other governorates under Houthi control, which are witnessing a severe oil and gas derivatives crisis.
With two raids, the coalition fighters targeted a gathering of Houthi mechanisms in the vicinity of the "Al-Jaimlan" area, in the Thara front in the Mukayras district, which is administratively affiliated to Al-Bayda governorate, located on the outskirts of Abyan governorate, after monitoring Houthi movements in the area that witnessed confrontations between the Southern forces and the Houthis during the past two days.
