Yemen: A major blow to the Houthi militia in Harad and Taiz

The Houthi rebel militia has admitted to suffering heavy losses in the past few hours on the Haradh front in Hajjah province in northern Yemen.

The Houthi militias said in a statement carried by their spokesperson Almasirah TV: “Its forces in Haradh have been hit by airstrikes carried out by Arab coalition aircraft in support of legitimacy in Yemen”.

The coalition’s air force also targeted some seven air strikes against positions and gatherings of coup militias in the border town of Haradh, it said.

Coalition aircraft targeted military reinforcements of Houthi militias in Hayran District, which were on their way to Haradh Front.

The announcement came after Saudi Special Forces carried out a swift military operation and regained control of the strategic Al-Hathera area, Al-Mashhad al Yemeni reported.

According to military and field sources, Saudi Special Forces managed to liberate the Al-Hathera area a few days after the area fell to pro-Iranian militias.

The sources confirmed that the Houthis had fled from the Al-Hathera area leaving behind various weapons.

The Houthi militia yesterday acknowledged the death of the leader responsible for the sniper killings that have left victims almost daily in the southwestern province of Taiz.

According to the el-Yamn el-Araby website, the leader of the Houthi militias (assumed the rank of colonel), Mohammed Ghaleb Saif “Abu Mazen”, was killed the day before yesterday by the army’s fire during battles at Al-Ahtub front west of Taiz.

He was a commander of the militia’s sniper battalion, and played a major role in facilitating the Houthis’ entry into his area with caution and displacement, looting and blowing up their homes.

Human rights statistics indicate that 17,326 civilians have been killed or injured by the Houthi militia, including 3,916 children, 1,527 women, and 1,053 elderly people, over six years in Taiz province.

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations documented in a previous report that Houthi snipers killed and injured 366 children in Taiz province.

The report confirmed that snipers from the Houthi militia killed 130 children; 88 males and 42 females, injuring 236 others; 170 males, 66 females.