Government forces free new sites in the western coast of Yemen

The government forces supported by Arab Coalition managed to control Fire Mountain, Nabati Mountain, and Mukhaa road division in the west coast of Yemen, while the coalition aircrafts launched more than 40 raids on different locations of militias. The clashes between the militias and the government forces around Khaled camp in Taiz continued on Friday, while Taiz operation room tweeted that the army forces reached the military point south of the camp, about 20 kilometers far from Mukha city. At the same time the government forces managed to control health unit building and Tabbah Tahesh in Casma area, near Maqbana town, where some Housthis were killed by a landmine in Abdalla area. The National Army foiled a Houthi attempt to reach the protocol camp east of Taiz.   On the other hand, the Arab Coalition jets on Friday launched 40 raids on militias’ locations in Hajjah and Saada provinces, north of Yemen, and on Sarawah town in Marib. A military source mentioned that the coalition jets also raided militias’ locations in Harad and Medi fronts, on the borders with Saudi Arabia, adding that the raids also targeted weapons caches for rebels in Gar area, in Abs town. A statement by the Yemeni army said that, two of the coalition air raids targeted military reinforcements for militias south of Medi, which resulted in destroying 3 military vehicles that were transferring Houthis fighters. The statement also said that air strikes hit rebels’ gatherings in agriculture areas in Medi, and another raid south of the city destroyed a Hoover Cannon.   An official source in the 5th military region of Midi said that, at least 14 militias were killed during an air strike hit their own gathering near al-Qamahiyah castle in the southeast of the city, bringing the number of Houthis killed in air strikes since Wednesday to about 65. The air strike also targeted Al-Khamisi farms in the eastern sector, destroying a T72 tank, military vehicle, 23 and B10 cannons and number of light weapons. In Mstaba town, north of Hajjah province, the popular resistance attacked a Houthi armed gathering with a grenade, wounding some of them, while 12 coalition raids targeted their locations in border areas west of Sa'ada governorate.   Local sources said that 6 raids targeted militias’ locations in Shada town, while 5 others targeted Al-Malahiz area in Al-Zaher town. The Arab Coalition air planes launched 13 raids in Sarawah town, and the National army stated that the raids targeted weapons stores belong to the militias, destroying these weapons and station sites behind Ashqari mountain, and other sites in El Naseeb El Ahmar area, east of Sarawah.