Yemeni troops carried out surprise attack against insurgents

Yemen’s Army carried out a surprise attack on the strongholds of Houthi militias on early Tuesday in Shabwa governorate, as it led to the killing of a large number of militants loyal to the insurgents. Meanwhile, the governmental troops loyal to Yemen’s legitimate government clashed with the insurgents, leading to the killing of at least seven militants and the injury of others.

On Tuesday morning, the Green Front witnessed fierce clashes between army forces in the 19th Brigade and the insurgent militias, as the army has made significant progress toward the central security camp at the northern frontier in Taiz.

According to a military source, the battles carried out by the national army resulted in the control of the Hamad hospital building and the surrounding buildings near the Sanaa suburb, which was occupied by snipers and is the defense lines of the coup militia.

Saudi-led Arab Coalition forces backing legitimacy forces in Yemen announced destroying a medium-range missile shipment headed for insurgency militias based in the northeast Saada province in the war-torn country. Intelligence showed that the cargo was headed for Houthi headquarters.

Saada’s Media Center said in a brief statement published on its social networking “Facebook” page that an Arab-coalition aircraft targeted a truck carrying medium-range missiles for Houthi and coup militias in Saada’s Kitaf district. Coincidentally, fighting continued across various fronts in Yemen, where violent confrontations centered on Yemen’s west coast and west of Taiz.

Pro-government national army troops and popular resistance forces have made continued advances clearing insurgency-held districts, like Taiz where the strategic camp of Khalid bin Walid is found. Military clashes erupted between national army forces and the Iran-backed militias also in Al-Hamli, Taiz, hours after national troops broke the barrier into coup-run areas.

A military source in Taiz said that coup militias were based in the Jubail area and a mountain chain overlooking the Khalid bin Walid camp. The national army, which began combing through militia land pockets, said that insurgents had planted landmines before retreating from the area.