Yemeni army forces continue to cleanse Qayfa of “ISIS” elements in Bayda

BAYDA, Aug. 17 (YPA) – The Yemeni army forces and the popular committees managed on Monday to purge the sites that were controlled by ISIS militants in Qayfa area of Rada’a district in Bayda province, after fierce battles between the two sides.

Sources in the province said that the army forces and the popular committees fought fierce battles with ISIS elements, through which they managed to cleanse the areas of Hamat Laqah, Hamat Awaja, Sifal al-Najd and Shutir in Qayfa front in Rada’a district.

The Yemeni army forces and the popular committees advanced towards al-Zawb, the last stronghold of the terrorist organization, where they imposed a suffocating military siege on the remaining elements of ISIS in the area, according to the sources.

The sources confirmed that the army forces and the popular committees found advanced American weapons with the “ISIS” groups, in the Hamat Awaja area.

YPA