Yemeni army: The Houthi militia commit 65 truce violations on several fronts
The Yemeni army reported 65 Houthi militia violations of the UN truce, on five main fronts within 24 hours.
In a statement issued Monday evening, the Yemeni army said its forces in the Hodeida, Taiz, Dhale, Hajjah and Marib fronts recorded 65 breaches of the truce by Houthi militias on Sunday.
The statement revealed that the Yemeni army and the joint resistance forces repelled more than three ground attacks carried out by infiltrating Houthi militia groups towards military positions south and west of Marib.
“The remaining violations included 21 violations on the Hays axis south of Hodeidah, 20 on the Taiz axis, 9 on the al-Barah axis west of Taiz, 8 in Marib, 4 on the fronts in Hajjah province and 3 on the Dhale axis”, it said.
The Houthis have sent more than 65 patrols loaded with personnel and ammunition to their forward positions on the northern front of Taiz city in unprecedented reinforcements aimed at undermining Jordan’s consultations to lift the siege of Taiz, which is expected to begin next Thursday.
“The Houthi militia used Katyusha rockets, artillery and various caliber rockets, created positions and deployed snipers on various fronts”, the statement said.
Iran-backed Houthi militias continue to flout on various fronts in an escalation against the UN-backed truce, which came into effect on April 2 and is only about 10 days old.
“This is a dangerous escalation in the face of the UN movement seeking to extend and build on the truce to launch a comprehensive peace process, as militias are using the fragile peace to regroup their military ranks and bring fighters to the lines of fire”, experts said.
Houthi militias insist on fragmenting the humanitarian truce and making no concessions to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis during the UN-backed truce.
The Houthi militias continue to deceive and manipulate the truce by using political blackmail to impose their conditions, which they failed to achieve during the war, by adhering to their usual conditions for achieving peace, which have not changed since 2015.
