48 operations within 48 hours: Arab coalition destroys Houthi fortifications
In a new step that would deter the
terrorist Houthis, the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced
the implementation of 48 targeting operations in Marib and Al-Jawf against the
Iranian-backed militia within 48 hours. On Saturday, December 18, 19 operations
were carried out in Marib and Al-Jawf, which resulted in the killing of 80
terrorist elements.
The coalition said that it carried
out 29 qualitative targeting operations against the Houthis in Marib and
Al-Jawf on Friday, December 17, during which they destroyed 20 militia vehicles
and caused human losses of more than 180 terrorist elements.
Houthi retreat
In addition, the Houthi militia
retreated from sites in the Ramleh area in Marib after the battles with the
National Army and the coalition forces, while a site for launching drones was
destroyed north of the city of Al-Hazm in Al-Jawf Governorate, where the
strikes destroyed the launch pads, communications and warehouses for the
drones, according to the coalition forces.
The official spokesman for the
Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, said that the terrorist
militia is still mobilizing means of killing and destruction against the
people, but all their attempts will be defeated.
Majali explained in a press briefing
that the army, the popular resistance, and the tribesmen are continuing combat
operations and are dealing with terrorist elements on the southern and
northwestern fronts of Marib Governorate, adding that offensive and defensive
combat operations have made progress on the ground against the Houthi militia
in several areas, the most important of which is the areas of Wadi Dhana,
Al-Amoud, Al-Arif and Al-Failha in the district of Al-Jubah, and Umm Reesh and
Mala’a in the Harib district.
He confirmed that the operations in
the southern locations, the outskirts of eastern Al-Balaq, ended with the
elimination of the infiltrating Houthi elements. The combat battles, the operations
of tight ambushes, and the detour and encirclement on the various southern
fronts resulted in the restoration of important and strategic sites and the
destruction of equipment and weapons belonging to the Houthi militia, while
dozens of terrorist elements were killed, wounded and arrested. The army forces
also recovered a number of crews, combat vehicles, and various weapons and
ammunition.
Majali said that the militia's
losses on the various fronts in Marib are estimated at six armored vehicles and
seven combat crews, in addition to the human losses in the militia's ranks due
to army artillery fire.
He pointed out that the coalition's
aviation carried out several airstrikes, which resulted in the destruction of a
52T tank, a 23m T gun, eight armored vehicles, a BMB vehicle, and ten combat
crews carrying weapons, equipment and reinforcements for the Houthi militia.
Majali pointed out that the army
forces continued offensive hostilities and ambushes against the militia on the
fronts of Al-Jawf Governorate, which focused on Al-Jadafer, Bart Al-Anan, and
Al-Alam.
In Hodeidah Governorate, the joint
forces and the resistance, backed by coalition fighters, were able to secure
the entirety of the mountainous areas surrounding the Hays district on the
fronts of Hays, Jabal Ras, and Al Jarahi, while the engineering teams continue
to remove the Houthi-planted mines in Hays from public roads. mosques, schools,
homes and farms.
Majali said that the forces in the
Taiz axis carried out counter-attacks on the Houthi militia’s positions on the
northern and western fronts of Taiz Governorate, and those battles resulted in
human and material losses for the militia. He explained that the joint forces
and the resistance carried out offensive operations in the Maqbanah district in
western Taiz Governorate, during which strategic areas were liberated, the most
important of which are the villages of Al-Shateen, Al-Sawaiti, Al-Muqasa’,
Al-Qari, Al-Nuba, Al-Aqfiya, Al-Jarari, and Hadiya, in addition to the mountain
ranges in the Shamir region.
