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Dozens of Yemenis Killed in Fighting, Saudi-Led Air Strikes, Preparation for Hudayida City Battle

June 28, 2018  

Yemeni soldiers at the outskirts of Hudayida, June 28, 2018

 

The following news stories are from the Yemeni independent website Al-Masdar ( http://www.almasdaronline.com/category/42  ):

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33 Houthis Killed in coalition airstrikes and Government forces siege Taheeta

ALMASDARONLINE 2018-06-28 

A military source said that Coalition led by Saudi Arabia fighters launched 22 airstrikes today(Thursday) on Houthis reinforcements at Drehmi directorate and Zabeed south Hodeida city.

The sources said to almasdaronline the airstrikes launched by Apaches resulted in killing 33 Houthis and injury of 29others and destruction of 7 vehicles.  

He added the Apaches intensified its airstrikes on Houthis locations at roads and farms of Taheeta and near Zabeed and other airstrikes around Drehmi directorate.

According to the source the strikes was a preamble for the Gov forces to advance at the time of the violent confrontations between them and Houthis militia around Taheeta and the center of the directorate.

The government forces advanced 14km from  Alfaza toward the east at palm farms and reached the center of Taheeta which is 11 km away from Zabeed the second big city of Hodeida governorate.

The Government forces also seized control over “Fazah, Madman, Sowaeeq, And Masabha”.

A Houthi bomb kills 7 civilians in Hodeida city

ALMASDARONLINE 2018-06-27 

Seven civilians killed and others injured by a Houthi missile in Hodeida city west Yemen.

A local source said to almasdaronline a bomb launched by Houthis toward the airport which controlled by government forces, fall on the residential  “Jaabali” precinct near the airport.

He added the bomb penetrated one of the walls and killed 7 civilians were chewing Qat.

Houthis militia is bombarding Hodeida airport which controlled by Gov-forces from inside the residential precincts inside the city.

government forces Advance north LAhj and South Taiz

ALMASDARONLINE 2018-06-27

Government forces advanced today(Wednesday) in Qubbaita directorate north Lahj

The resistance spokesman Ali Muntaser Said to almasdaronline, the government forces seized control over “Qahoos” mountain at Jawazaah and “Rakeeza” mountain at Marabha and Saqeema precinct near Taiz Aden road.

According to the source the forces is getting near “Aairim” cross and the area will be stormed from three directions as a preamble to advance toward Dhmaran and Alraheeda city.

The forces also regained control over “Jeder- Halajeem” and reached “Aanafat” and sieging Houthis at “Najd Qaffl” and “Jales mountain.

The government forces are advancing toward Haideen near Alraheeda the center of Khadeer south Taiz with the support of Coalition air forces.

The confrontations and airstrikes resulted killing of 9 Houthis and injuring other 12 and destroying 5 vehicles, while 3 from Gov-forces were killed and 5 others injured.

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The following news stories are from the pro-Houthi website Yemen Extra (http://www.yemenextra.net/):

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Saudi Warplanes Slaughter More Civilians in Hodayidah

Jun 27, 2018, YemenExtra, M.A.

On Wednesday, 7 citizens were killed and 4 others were injured following a raid conducted by the Saudi-led coalition on the coastal province of Hodayidah, western Yemen. 

At least 7 citizens were killed and 4 wounded following an air raid waged by the US-backed coalition on the area of Rabsa in the district of Hawk, a local source confirmed to YemenExtra.

It is worth mentioning that on Tuesday, 9 civilians were killed, including 3 unidentified and 11 injured by a Saudi American air raid targeting a bus carrying displaced persons between the areas of Jerahi and Zabid. 

Yemeni Ballistic Missile Hits UAE-Paid Forces in Western Coast

Jun 27, 2018, YemenExtra, M.A.

The Yemeni army and AnsarAllah, on Wednesday, conducted a ballistic missile of the type Qaher M2 targeting the gatherings of the UAE-paid fighters in the west coast battle, a military official told YemenExtra.

The missile successfully struck the gatherings with accuracy, the official added.

Today’s situation of southern Yemen

Jun 27, 2018, YemenExtra, Y.A

A commander loyal to US-Saudi-led coalition was injured in a bomb blast in Yemen’s southern province of Aden, a local official told YemenExtra on Wednesday.

The accident took place in Khor Maksar district.

The bomb was planted by unknown elements , which targeted a car of so-called the103rd Brigade Colonel AbdulQader al-Jarai, who was wounded with two of his companions were seriously injured.

Aden city, which was occupied by UK but now under the control of UAE, and the rest of the southern cities witnessed an insecurity situation that increased the assassinations of imams of mosques and security and military leaderships

The province of Aden witnesses a security fiasco that escalated with killings, looting issues , in addition to others that never happened before.

The UAE took control of Aden under the pretext of confronting the so –called “Houthis” Yemeni army and supported the establishment and formation of armed militias there.

A few months ago, Emirati-backed forces were fighting and killing Saudi-backed forces in Aden. The south is moving towards outright autonomy . But which Saudi and Emirati officials will dare to tell their superiors that Tehran enmeshed them in a costly, apparently endless war at relatively little cost to itself? The entrenchment of a war economy is another significant obstacle to peace.

The Losses amid US-Saudi-Led Coalition: Report Says

Jun 27, 2018, YemenExtra, Y.A

The Yemeni army keep responding to US-Saudi-led coalition that has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime. The Arab kingdom has also imposed a blockade on its impoverished neighbor, causing a dire humanitarian situation. 

 The Yemeni army faced an advance of the paid fighters , killing and wounding a number of them in #Nehm, according to a military official.

The engineering unit of the Army destroyed a military machinery in Al-Fazah area, killing those on board , as well as the  artillery force targeted an arms storage for the paid fighters ,burning it completely in #the West Coast, it added.

 Katyusha missile barrage were fired on Saudi soldiers gatherings; a Saudi military truck was destroyed by a bomb; 2 Saudi soldiers were shot dead ;and a number of Saudi soldiers were killed and injured in the MBC post by artillery shelling in #Jizan, it confirmed.

It also reported the killing and injuring a number of paid fighters by offensive operation in #Asir.

A number of the paid fighters fell dead and wounded as the Yemeni army foiled an advance of them in #Taiz.

A number of hills which the paid fighters controlled before were exposed to an operation, seizing equipment and destroyed a military truck in #Lahj, read it.

The artillery force targeted the paid fighters’ gatherings , and 2 paid fighters were shot dead in #Najran.

Despite the coalition’s claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia’s deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with more than 22 million people in need and is seeing a spike in needs, fuelled by ongoing conflict, a collapsing economy and diminished social services and livelihoods. 

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