Fierce battles between Sanaa forces, coalition extend from Haradh to Najran

HAJJAH, March 02 (YPA) – Violent battles took place Wednesday between Sanaa forces on the one hand, and the Saudi-led coalition forces and their loyal militants on the other hand, in the areas separating Hajjah province, northwest of Yemen, and the southern borders of Saudi Arabia.

Local sources reported that Sanaa forces lured the recruits of the so-called “Fifth Military Region” led by Major General Yahya Salah, and Sudanese soldiers, towards the eastern outskirts of Haradh district, carrying a large-scale attack that left dozens of dead and wounded among the coalition troops.

The coalition forces advanced under heavy air cover from their positions in “Al-Nar” mountains chain towards the areas that Sanaa forces seized last month, northeast of Haradh, and the latter allowed them to penetrate in order to avoid the warplanes raids, the sources explained.

The sources indicated that the coalition warplanes launched 28 air raids on the seam areas, in less than 24 hours, in an attempt to support the coalition collapsed forces there.

According to the sources, the coalition forces incurred heavy losses in Haradh, where 11 coalition soldiers were killed and 17 wounded, while the Agence France-Presse agency said that 39 Sudanese soldiers were killed or wounded in the battles of Haradh.

This comes hours after the Sanaa forces repelled an advance carried out by the coalition recruits of the “161st Brigade” in “Al-Qathamil” mountain range between the provinces of Jawf and Saada.

YPA