Military sources in the city of Mokha in west Yemen said that the Arab coalition forces destroyed at dawn on Saturday, a booby-trapped boat of the Houthi militia targeting Al-Mokha port. The source said that the failed attack occurred at three in the morning as a boat was directed towards ships anchored in the port. The boat was destroyed before reaching the target.

The Houthi militia recently used marine bombs to target ships and harbors. They also planted naval booby-traps in an attempt to stop navigation and target ships on the coasts of the Red Sea. Military sources in the province of Shabwa said that the artillery of the Yemeni army hit the positions of the militias "Houthi and Saleh."

According to the sources, the army artillery targeted the positions of the militia in the area of Hager Kahlan throughout the gentlemen and Bir al-Dikul, killing three and wounding six militants.

Meanwhile, local Yemeni sources reported that the Houthi and Saleh militia detained 12 people in the capital Sana'a on charges of espionage in favor of the coalition forces supporting the legitimacy of the United States.

The news agency quoted the sources as saying that elements of the Houthis and Saleh forces detained 12 Yemenis, including persons of US nationality, on charges of spying for the coalition forces and the United States.

The sources explained that the detainees are journalists and staff members of the United Nations.

Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obaid bin Daghar declared on Wednesday that his country’s army and popular resistance are close to score a real and final victory over coup militias which controls capital Sanaa, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) .

According to the Yemeni news agency, the victory on the Iran-backed Houthi militias and troops loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh will spark Yemenis aspirations to establish a federal state consisting of six provinces, guarantor of equality and justice in wealth and power.

During his meeting with the governors of Amran and Rima provinces, the Yemeni official praised the heroic role of the people of the two provinces in confronting the coupist militias and their efforts to restore legitimacy and preserve the republic and unity.

Insurgency militias overran the capital Sanaa, forcing the internationally-backed government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi to re-establish a temporary capital in Aden. Each of the United States and Saudi Arabia have accused Houthi militias of receiving Iranian funds and arms.

A Saudi-led coalition, composing a number of Arab states, intervened to back Yemen’s pro-legitimacy forces to regain control over the war-torn country and counter the foreign agenda militias are believed to promote.