Yemen’s army seizes control of road from Saada to Saudi Arabia
The Yemeni national army supported by the Arab
coalition, seized control over the international road between Saada and Saudi
Arabia, Al Arabiya quoted Yemeni military sources as saying on Thursday.
The sources confirmed that the army backed by the
Arab coalition is battling, in the last few days, with the Houthi militias in
the mountainous areas surrounding the district of Baqim near Saada and that the
national army gained full control over a town at the entrance of the district
after inflicting loses among the militias.
On the western coastal front of Yemen, many
casualties were reported among the Houthis after the Arab coalition staged air
strikes targeting a training camp in Abs district in Hajjah governorate.
The air strikes also destroyed a gathering for the
militias as well as an ammunition depot at a military camp east of Hodeidah
port city.
On the west side of Hodeidah, local residents
reported that the Arab coalition military ships bombarded, in the past hours,
positions of the Houthi militias in the coastal area and that among these
positions was a partly constructed building, which the Houthis turned it to a
military site and deployed its members in it.
