Yemen’s army restores control on Omari Camp

Yemeni forces announced that they had regained control of two areas north of the Directorate of Mukha in the province of Hodeidah, while killed 10 members of the Houthi militias during clashes in the province Saada, according to military sources.

The sources revealed,  "violent clashes broke out with the first hours of Friday in the area of Hassi Salem, hours after the control of the area of Zahari, the last strongholds of the Houthis north of the Mukha." It added that 20 armed Houthi militias and other forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, were killed and wounded during the fighting.

The Yemeni army announced that it had regained full control of the al-Omari camp in Taiz province and expelled the militias of the Houthi and Saleh following violent gun battles. They added that twenty-five guerrillas were killed during the air raids launched by the Arab Coalition on the strongholds of insurgents.

Fierce clashes continued Wednesday night between Yemeni military forces on one hand and Houthi militias and other forces loyal to Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on several fronts in the province of Taiz. The clashes coincided with continued air raids on positions, reinforcements and targets of the insurgents.

The Yemeni army managed to foil an infiltration attempt by militias into the Siraatin area on the Salo front, south of Taiz Directorate, where fierce battles took place, during which the militias suffered heavy casualties and material damage. There were also fierce battles between Yemeni forces loyal to the legitimate government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the insurgents in the surrounding areas of Khalid bin Walid camp.

The army’s artillery shelled positions belonging to the Houthi and Saleh militias west of the Sarawah district of Marib. Sources said that the national army used heavy artillery, last night, to bombard the strongholds of Houthi militias in the western area of Sarawah, leading to the burning of a military equipment. In turn, the Arab Alliance aircraft targeted the positions and reinforcements of the militias in the vicinity of the Risan Bridge and the Mukha Crossing, causing heavy casualties among the insurgents.

Yemen’s former Governor of Aden Idruss Zubaidi stressed his support for the legitimate government of Yemen’s President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the role performed by Arab Coalition in Yemen. He stressed that they south of Yemen strongly refuses the insurgency and stresses  its support for the legitimate government.