SANA’A (Dispatches) – The
Yemeni army on Saturday recaptured a military base of the border guard troops in the country’s northwestern province of Hajjah following intense battles with Saudi-backed mercenaries and militants, a military official told Xinhua.
“During the past hours, ferocious attacks were launched by the Yemeni army fighters against the militants stationed in Hajjah’s strategic district of Haradh near the borders of Saudi Arabia,” the local military source said on condition of anonymity.
He confirmed that the Yemeni army completely seized al-Muhassam military base of border guard forces and other neighboring mountainous areas in Haradh.
The militants and mercenaries withdrew from the area as the Yemeni army intensified its attacks, he said.
Scores of fighters from both warring sides were either killed or injured as a result of the intense battles sparked during the past 24 hours, according to the official.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has launched a new round of airstrikes on several areas across Yemen, as the Riyadh regime and its allies continue a devastating war and all-out brutal blockade against the impoverished Arab nation.
Saudi jets carried out two air raids against Airport Street in the heavily populated al-Thawra neighborhood of the capital Sana’a early on Saturday, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported.
However, there were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage.
Earlier, Saudi fighter jets launched an airstrike on al-Sabaha area of the Bani Matar district in Sana’a, but no information about casualties and damage was quickly available.
Saudi aircraft also bombarded the Baqim district of Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, with no reports on possible casualties.
In Yemen’s northern province of Hajjah, seven aerial raids targeted the Harad district.
Two airstrikes were also carried out by Saudi jets against the Wadi Ubaidah district area in the central province of Ma’rib.
In the same Yemeni province, eleven aerial raids targeted the district of al-Jubah.
A leading humanitarian organization for children has described January as the bloodiest month since 2018 for Yemen, stating that one Yemeni civilian was either killed or wounded every hour the last month.
“Between January 6 and February 2, more than 220 adults and 15 children were killed and over 354 adults and 30 children were injured as well,” London-based Save the Children said in a report, warning that the actual number is estimated to be much higher.
The report emphasized that the number of civilian casualties in January was almost three times more than the average monthly toll in 2021, as the figure stood at 209.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies, backed by the United States and European powers, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing the government of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power and crushing the popular Ansarullah resistance movement.
The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.