ADEN, Oct 19 (NNN-SABA) – Pro-government Yemeni forces, yesterday seized key areas from Houthi grip, following intense armed confrontations in the country’s southern province of Dhalea.
According to a local military official, who preferred to remain anonymous, “the joint pro-government forces launched a large military operation against the Houthi rebels, in the northern areas of Dhalea.”
Various pro-government military units participated in the operation that ended in expelling the Houthis from key areas north of Dhalea.
He said, pro-government forces are determined to continue progress and liberate all the northern parts of Dhalea, during the next few days.
Five members of the Houthi rebel group were killed and seven others injured, during the fighting in Dhalea, according to the official.
Last year, the Iran-allied Houthi fighters launched a series of intense armed attacks on the positions of the Yemeni government forces and succeeded in seizing key villages on the outskirts of Dhalea.
The areas in the north and west of Dhalea have been witnessing non-stop fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters for about four years.– NNN-SABA
