Marib..A continuous Houthi attack in "Rahba" and raids in "Al-Kasara" and "Al-Mushajah"

English - Saturday 14 August 2021 الساعة 06:29 pm
Marib, NewsYemen:

 Armed confrontations intensified between the Houthi militia on the one hand, and the tribesmen of Murad on the other, in the southern fronts of the Marib Governorate, east of Yemen.

Tribal sources told "NewYemen", that violent battles took place in the past hours between the two parties, in the "Al-Musherif" front, in the Rahba district, south of Marib, following a continuous Houthi attack since yesterday (Friday).

The sources stated that the Houthi militia launched intensive attacks against the government forces on that front, but it did not achieve any field gains, while the confrontations resulted in deaths and injuries on both sides.

The sources said that the tribesmen, backed by the army, repelled the attack, while the Arab coalition fighters launched intensive raids on Houthi sites in "Rahba", and others on the Al-Kasara and Al-Mashjah fronts, west of Ma'rib.

On Friday, the Houthi militia launched a major attack on the sites of tribesmen and government forces, in Rahba, after which violent clashes erupted between the two parties, and continued until today.

At the same time, the fighters of the Arab coalition destroyed, with air strikes, reinforcements of the Houthi militia, in the vicinity of the same front, while the artillery of the forces affiliated with the "legitimate" launched artillery shelling on Houthi gatherings.