UAE army carries out “Operation Red Thunder”
The UAE Armed Forces, as part of the Arab Coalition
Forces, carried out 'Operation Red Thunder', an amphibious assault operation on
a Houthi-controlled command and control center in the in the Al Faza region in
Yemen's Hodeidah Province, WAM reported Monday.
The operation successfully destroyed the command
center, with a great number of equipment and documents belonging to the Houthis
seized.
A large number of rebels were also killed and
injured during the direct clashes.
Operation Red Thunder is part of a series of
preventive military operations carried out by the UAE Armed Forces - operating
within the Arab Coalition - in support of the National Resistance Forces and
the Al-Amalaqah Brigades (Arabic for Giants) and the Tehama Resistance, who are
launching broad attacks on the Houthis in the districts of Zubaid and Al Jarahi
in the Red Sea Coast.
The military operation also aims to prevent the
Houthis from planting marine mines that threaten the lives of local fishermen
and international shipping lines.
