Yemeni army, allies advance in north, seize base from pro-Hadi militiamen

Yemeni army troops, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have managed to make further progress, capturing a strategic base in the northern province of al-Jawf from Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to former pro-Saudi president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network that Yemeni troops and their allies wrested complete control over al-Labnat military base, which lies on the southeastern outskirts of the provincial capital city of al-Hazm, on Monday.

The source added that scores of Hadi loyalists were killed or wounded in the process.

Back on March 18, the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces said the country’s troops, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, had retaken Jawf province from  Hadi loyalists.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree highlighted that the liberation of the territory took place during an operation codenamed “God Overpowered them,” and that the achievement proved the ability and prowess of Yemen’s armed forces to impose new equations in a different geographical terrain, and on more than one front in a very short period of time.

“Our forces efficiently carried out all their operational tasks after having been able, with God's help, to move from the defense stage to the offense one through a comprehensive military strategy,” he added.

Yemeni forces fully liberate northern province of Jawf, turning the tide of conflict: Army spox

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s army troops and their allies have fully liberated the northern province of al-Jawf.

Also on Monday, Yemeni army soldiers and Popular Committees fighters retook al-Maraziq region from Saudi-backed militiamen.

Separately, Saudi-led military aircraft launched four airstrikes against Kamaran Island, which is strategically located at the southern end of the Red Sea. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage caused.

Elsewhere in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, a horse breeder was killed and two others sustained injuries when Saudi-led warplanes bombarded stables at the Military College.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in order to bring Hadi back to power and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.

The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past nearly five years.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have purchased billions of dollars' worth of weapons from the United States, France and the United Kingdom in their war on Yemen.

Riyadh and its allies have been widely criticized for the high civilian death toll resulted from their bombing campaign in Yemen.

The UN says over 24 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 10 million suffering from extreme levels of hunger.

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