Saudi army fails to advance on Qais Mount in Jizan

JIZAN, March 27 (YPA) – Saudi army and Saudi-led coalition forces on Wednesday failed to advance on Qais Mountain in Jizan region for the third day in a row.

The Yemeni army repelled a wide-scale infiltration attempt by troops of the Saudi army and the coalition, inflicting heavy human and material losses on them, a field military source told Yemen Press Agency.

The source added that a number of the coalition militants were killed and wounded in ambushes set by the engineering unit of the Yemeni army.

The Saudi army and the coalition forces failed over the past two days to achieve any progress towards Qais Mountain and suffered big human and material losses.

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