Violent battles in the Al-Rahba front in Marib, killing and capturing dozens of Al-Houthi militia

English - Wednesday 16 September 2020 الساعة 07:14 pm
Marib, NewsYemen, Monitoring Team:

Fourteen members of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, were killed and captured in confrontations with the army and the tribes in the southern front for the Marib Governorate.

A military source said that units of the army and tribesmen repelled a violent attack launched by the Houthi militia on Jabal al-Hadba, in the borders of Rahba district, west of Jabal Murad.

The source added that clashes between the two sides resulted in the killing of eight Houthis, the families of six others, and damage to a vehicle belonging to the militia.

On Tuesday evening, the army and tribes managed to thwart the largest infiltration operation by the Houthis east of Jabal Murad, in which five infiltrators were killed.

A military source said that the army and tribes repelled a violent attack launched by the Houthi militia in the Al-Rahum area, north of the Rahba district, in which three of the attacking elements were killed.

According to military sources who spoke to NewsYemen, the army pushed new reinforcements from the Al-Ezz Brigade to the Rahba district, led by Colonel Mohsen Ali Al-Qibli.