YEMEN Press Agency

Coalition forces commit 137 violations of UN-brokered truce within 24 hours

SANAA, Apri 06 (YPA) – The US-backed Saudi-Emirati-led coalition forces and their mercenaries have committed 137 violations of the humanitarian and military truce for the fourth day in a row, the official Yemeni news agency Saba reported on Tuesday, citing a military source.

According to the military source, the coalition’s warplanes flew over Dhalea province and 34 armed reconnaissance aircraft flew over Marib, Hajjah, Saada and Lahj provinces and beyond the borders.

He indicated that the armed reconnaissance aircraft launched a raid on citizens’ houses and the sites of the army and the popular committees in al-Waze’yah of Taiz province.

Moreover, the source confirmed that the coalition’s mercenaries had created four combat fortifications and paved new roads in al-Balaq al-Sharqi area and Harib area of Marib and Qataba district of Dhalea.

He pointed out that 20 missile and artillery bombardments of the mercenaries were monitored on the sites of the army and the popular committees.

The same source said the mercenaries hit a military vehicle of the army and the popular committees in al-Kasara area in Marib with a guided missile, while artillery shelling targeted the army and committee sites in al-Balaq al-Sharqi in Sirwah in Marib and al-Arim and al-Shurfa desert in Jawf province.

Furthermore, The source stated that the mercenaries of the aggression targeted the sites of the army and the popular committees in  in al-Ahtoub front in Taiz  and in Hayd Hanish in al-Had in Lahj province.

He said the coalition’s mercenaries launched   intense artillery shelling  targeting the army and popular committee sites in Jizan and Najran regions.

Additionally, the source confirmed that 75 breaches were recorded, with heavy shooting at citizens’ homes and sites of the army and popular committees in Marib, Taiz, Hajjah, Jawf, Saada, Lahj, Dhalea, Bayda and the border fronts.

E.M