After crashing defeats, coalition ousts senior leader in Marib

MARIB. Oct. 09 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition forces ended on Saturday the duties of one of commander after crashing defeats in Shabwa and Marib provinces.

According to sources, the coalition forces removed Brigadier General “Mufreh Bahaibah,” commander of the so-called Bayhan axis of the two provinces, and appointed the tribal sheikh “Dhiab al-Qibli” as his replacement to lead the coalition recruits in the Jouba front south of the city of Marib.

The decision to remove the leader Bahaibah by the coalition came as a result of the accelerated defeats inflicted on his forces on the Shabwa fronts and southern Marib.

Sanaa forces reached the stronghold of “Bahaibah” in the areas of “Wasit and Al-Jadida, after violent clashes took place, amid reports of major collapses in the ranks of the coalition forces.

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