Coalition militias’ violation continues in Hodeideh: Army Spokesman

SANAA, Dec. 20 (YPA) – Spokesman of the Yemeni army Brigadier General Yahya Sarie, said on Thursday that the Saudi-led coalition’s militias continue to violate a cease-fire agreement led the UN in Hodeidah province on third straight day.

The spokesman said in a statement to Yemen News Agency (Saba), that the militias waged artillery and missile on residential neighborhoods in Hodeidah city simultaneously with heavy air cover of the coalition warplanes.

Sarie affirms the coalition fighter jets waged over 39 strikes on provinces of Marib, Hajjah, Sanaa, Saada and Najran over the past 24 hours.

The spokesman said the Yemeni army repelled several of the attacks towards several fronts, killing and injuring scores of the militiamen.

The spokesman stressed that the Yemeni army has the right to respond to any military escalation by the coalition.

Ali Ahsan