Report: Yemeni army inflicts heavy losses on coalition troops over Friday
SANAA, May 5 (YPA) – Yemeni army launched several attacks against positions of Saudi-led coalition and its militias in several fronts over Friday, inflicting heavy losses on them, according to military reports combined by Yemen Press Agency on Saturday.
In Asir region, the army forces repelled an infiltration of the coalition-backed militias toward Mandaba area, in conjunction with an artillery shelling on their gatherings, which resulted in several dead and wounded in their ranks.
The militias’ infiltration was accompanied by more than 15 air strikes without any field progress.
Meanwhile, the army’s artillery and missile forces bombed militias’ gatherings in al-Qulal al-Sood and customs at Aleb outlet, as well as hitting a Saudi military bulldozer by a guided missile off the same outlet.
In Jizan region, gatherings of Saudi soldiers and militias were shelled in Walam compound, al-Mahdaf and Mahttam sites and in al-Mazab camp, as well as destroying a military vehicle of Saudi army and killing its crew in west of southern Mabkhara.
In Taiz province, the army fighters carried out an offensive on positions of Saudi-backed militias in the western coast front, killing and injuring several of them, as well as destroying two military armored vehicles and killing all those were on board at the same front.
A military bulldozer belonging to the coalition and its militias was destroyed with a guided missile in north of Khalid camp in Moza district.
In Marib province, several of Saudi-backed militiamen were killed and wounded in an attack targeted their sites in Serwah district, in addition to burning of a military vehicle and two machine guns and seizing military equipment.
In Jawf province, the coalition militias suffered losses in their ranks and gear as a resulted of an offensive targeted their positions in Waqaz area of Maslob district.
In Hajjah province, the army’s artillery bombed militias’ gatherings in north of Medi desert and destroyed a military vehicle belonging to them, as well as burning a Saudi Abrams tank with a guided missile in Harad district.
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