Yemeni forces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, seized control of Khokha region on the Red Sea, 122km south of Hodeida city, after fierce clashes with Iran-backed Al Houthi militants, security and military officials said on Thursday.
Abu Zara’a Al Mouhrrami, the commander of Yemeni forces battling Al Houthis in the Red Sea areas, said in a statement on Thursday thatRead more
Two soldiers and two terrorists were killed in clashes Friday as Emirati-backed Yemeni forces seized an Al-Qaeda foothold in the country’s south, security sources said.
Militants fled to nearby mountains after the clashes in Al-Hawtah district of Shabwa province, said a Yemeni officer.
He said Apache helicopters belonging to the UAE — a key member of a Saudi-led Arab coalitionRead more
Yemeni forces backed by the UAE have driven Al-Qaeda militants from a southern district that is the birthplace of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, security sources said Thursday.
Wadea is located in Abyan province, which for months was a no-go zone for pro-government troops and where Al-Qaeda fighters fled after a similar offensive in the neighboring province of Shabwa lastRead more
Yemeni forces backed by the Arab alliance on Thursday restored mountainous positions of the Huthi and Saleh militias in the northeastern province of Al-Jawf. Military sources in the field said that the Yemeni army forces launched early in a large-scale attack on the guerrilla militias in Jabal Ham Hamratrati Ji in the town of Mtoun.
The sources added that ARead more
Yemeni forces on Sunday announced that they have controlled positions in Marib and Taiz provinces after fierce clashes with the Houthi rebels, Russia Today TV reported.
Clashes are still ongoing in Nehm directorate in northern the capital Sanaa amid intensive shelling of the Arab coalition warplanes on the Houthis' hideouts and weapons caches.
Earlier, three journalists were killed by HouthisRead more
Nineteen people were killed in clashes in Taiz between Houthi and Saleh militias on one hand and the Yemeni forces on another.
Fourteen Houthi elements were killed in the clashes in addition to five Yemeni forces, Yemeni sources said on Monday.
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Yemeni government forces announced its control, on Tuesday, at three sites west of the province of Taiz after fierce battles with the Houthi militants and Saleh's forces. The sources said that the government forces launched a heavy attack on the positions of the militia, east of the city of Mukha, while government forces managed to control the east of NabataRead more
The Yemeni forces managed to shot down unmanned reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the Houthi and Saleh militias on the eastern front of the city of Taiz. A source in the popular resistance said that men from the army and the Popular Resistance were able to drop a reconnaissance aircraft, equipped with a camera in the vicinity of the Mosque ofRead more
Houthi militia changed in their techniques in Mokha, west of Taiz, from defense to attack after the decline of airstrikes carried out by the Arab Coalition in battles. Houthis have seized control over the surrounding sites of Jabal an-Nar, east of Mokha, after the Yemeni forces have gained control of parts of surrounding sites. Jabal an-Nar is considered as theRead more
A drone belonging to Houthi militias has been shot down in Sanaa, sources from Yemen armed forces have announced.
On a different front, Yemeni forces were able to find and destroy a weapons facility near Qarn Nehm mountain which included a cache of ballistic missiles.
The weapons find comes at the time when Houthi militias are increasing their rocket attacksRead more