SANA’A (Dispatches) – Yemeni government forces have made rapid advances in the strategic province of Ma’rib, seizing large swaths of territory amid fierce clashes with the Saudi-backed foreign mercenaries.
According to reports, in the early hours of Tuesday the forces loyal to Yemen’s national salvation government made inroads into several areas in the city of al-Juba, while advancing toward the cities of al-Jadid, al-Rawda and other adjoining areas.
The fresh offensive has inflicted heavy casualties and collateral damage on the Saudi-backed camp, which includes Al-Qaeda, reports said.
In al-Abdiyah, Yemeni government forces took control of the areas of Kharafan and al-Hijla, while pushing back the demoralized enemy forces after killing their top-rung leaders.
In a humanitarian gesture, the government forces announced that the wounded mercenaries besieged in al-Abdiyah would be allowed to leave the area to receive medical treatment in the capital Sana’a.
The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sari, is expected to convene a press conference to announce details of the latest operation, which came after relentless attacks in recent days by the Saudi-backed aggressors in the province. Residential property and farms have been damaged, and hundreds of people have been rendered homeless.
Ever since some regions in the strategic province, which sits at a crossroads between the southern and northern regions, were liberated by the Yemeni forces recently, Saudi Arabia and its allies have significantly stepped up their military aggression.
The six-year foreign-imposed war has killed tens of thousands of people in Yemen, according to global relief agencies.
Multiple UN-brokered talks between the two warring sides have failed to produce a breakthrough over the years as mercenaries have sought to inflict harm on the people of Yemen.