Aden - Abdel Ghani Yahia
Security sources revealed that Houthi militias and other forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh failed to carry out a military attack by using bombing boats to target moving targets on the Red Sea before the coasts of Hadida city. They revealed that the militants who attempt to execute the operations received training from Iranian experts.
According to the sources, the International Coalition's Battalions targeted the boats before their move, adding that they managed to kill all participants in this operation. The attempt came after the warnings launched by the United Nations over the possible use of boats to carry out attack against international targets on the Red Sea.
In Sada, a leading member of the Houthi militias called Abu Abdel Hadi was killed during an air raid launched by the Arab Coalition. The sources added that dozens of militants have been killed during attacks from the coalition's fighter jets against the Houthi strongholds in Boqa area.
On Friday, al-Houthi militias shelled residential areas in the countryside of Taiz, south of the country, leaving civilian casualties at a time of intense fighting in many areas. Medical sources said that dead and wounded civilians were killed by militia shelling residential neighborhoods north and east of the city and its center.
Medical sources confirmed that a Palestinian was killed and five other members of his family, including two children, were injured when a shell fell on a house near the mosque of Said in the area of Asifra, north of the city. Militants based in the 50th Street, north of the city, launched a similar bombardment of the residential neighborhoods of Sinan, killing a civilian and wounding his wife and two children.
In the western side of the city, a Katyusha rocket was shelled in al-Ghafira district, by militias in Wazzan, but caused no damage or casualties. Militias bombed the villages of Hamdeh, Al-Mustaqah, Al-Mubtah and Al-Sa'id in the town of Al-Salu, south of the city, causing severe damage to the houses. A civilian in the village of Al-Houd, in the same district, was also injured by a landmine explosion in the black Alija district, which was later taken to hospital.
On the other hand, sources revealed that Houthi militias took a number of unannounced decisions to suppress the activists of social media networks, as they managed to suspend the activities of TV channels, radio stations and newspapers.
The sources added that the militias turned to form committee to monitor the materials published against the Houthi militias on Facebook or Twitter, adding that those people who publish materials talking about the corruption of Houthi militants face repressive actions.