Yemen’s Popular Resistance restores areas in Taiz

Fighting continued on more than one front in Yemen on Tuesday, especially in the provinces of Taiz and Lahj. The confrontations between the national army forces on one hand and insurgent militias on the other hand in the surrounding areas on Taiz and its countryside, as the Houthi militias suffer from consecutive defeats during the recent period in the fronts of Mokha and Moze.

Military sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that units of the National Army and the Popular Resistance were able to restore a number of areas in the western areas of the Yemeni province of Taiz, as the militias had imposed their control over Tabat Al Khazan area in previous battles.

They added that the Yemeni forces managed to undermine an attack launched by the insurgents in the countryside of Taiz despite the increasing reinforcements that the militants received to confront the military attack adopted by the Yemeni forces. Sources stressed that the Yemeni forces managed to prevent the insurgents loyal to Houthi militias and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from achieving advance in the area.

In the same context, the Yemeni national army managed to defuse a large number of explosive devices and mines planted by the insurgent militias in Zenog district of Taiz. According to a statement issued by the Yemeni army, they managed to defuse undermine a network of explosives in the districts liberated by the national army

Yemen’s military leader Nabil Al Adimi warned of the danger of the mines and explosives planted by the insurgent militias, saying that such action aims to prevent the Yemeni armed forces from achieving advance in the areas controlled by the militias. He stressed the army’s readiness for conducting military operations during the coming period to liberate more areas from the grip of Houthi militias and other forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Yemeni forces loyal to legitimate government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi launched an attack against the strongholds of Houthi militias and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday in the western area of Yemeni province of Kadaha. The governmental troops managed to restore a number of areas in the province killing a leading member of Houthi militias called Seleim Al Feshi with three of his companions.

Four members of the Houthi and Saleh militia were killed on Monday evening. Two other elements were captured during an army reprisal attack on the militia at the military post of the National Army in Nham, east of Sanaa. Field sources said that the army killed 4 Houthis and Salih forces, and captured two other elements, following the arrest of the forces of Brigade 314, an attempt to infiltrate into the village, "Hool".