Defense Ministry : 180 killed, 136 injured  of coalition forces over 72 hours

SANAA, Aug. 15 (YPA) – The Yemen army killed 180 and wounded 136 of coalition forces during the offensive operations to occupy the city of Duraihimi and some coastal areas during the past 72 hours, a cording to a Tuesday statement of  Ministry of Defense.

According to the Yemen official agency, Saba,  the operations of the army inflicted the coalition’s forces heavy losses, despite the varied air support of warplanes, the missile cover from warships and continuous artillery shelling, without achieving any victories.

The ministry said that the statistics of enemy losses were distributed through the intelligence information of the army which said that 107 bodies arrived from Duraihimi to the refrigerators of hospitals in Aden, including leaders and 29 bodies arrived at the hospital Khokha of troops and militiamen of the enemy who were killed in the fronts Jabalia, Faza and Maninah during the past two days.

The statement pointed out that seven of the Saudi forces and militiamen were killed in the front of Hiss last Sunday and their bodies reached the refrigerators of Makha hospital, and the number of wounded registered during the past 72 hours, who were able to be evacuate by coalition forces exceeded 100 from the front Duraihimi and 32 wounded from the fronts of Tuhaita, Fayza and Jabalia.

The ministry  said the operations of the army in the vicinity of Duraihimi front since Tuesday morning killed   11 militiamen and wounded 51, while Monday’s operations in the same front the army killed 19 from the so-called second brigade and destroyed more than 20 military vehicles carring militiamen and equipment, including American armored vehicles type Ashkosh used by the UAE invasion forces in the front of Duraihimi and Hais in Western Coast.

The statement confirmed that the US-backed Saudi-led coalition was imposed by the bombing of planes, missiles and artillery siege on Duraihimi district and prevent the ambulance to help the wounded civilians and evacuate the martyrs after inflicting his forces, which has been trying 72 hours to storm the city, a large loss of livea and equipment.