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Yemen’s Houthis Make Significant Gains Against Saudi-Led Coalition Near Capital Sana’a

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Yemen's Houthis Make Significant Gains Against Saudi-Led Coalition Near Capital Sana'a

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On January 27th, the Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) made significant gains on the ground against the Saudi-backed coalition in Yemen.

The Houthis captured a key route that connects the capital Sana’a to the province Marib, to the east, and to Jawf to the north.

 

Dozens have been killed in the fighting around Sana’a but the Houthis appear to be getting the upper hand.

“The Houthis are now seeking to take Hazm, the capital of Jawf province,” one anonymous official from Yemen’s Saudi-controlled puppet government. The Houthis were just 5 kilometers away from the city.

The renewed impetus the Houthis fight came when on January 18th a missile strike on a Saudi-led coalition military camp killed 116 people.

Commanders loyal to Saudi-backed former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi acknowledged that the Houthis had retaken their positions during renewed fighting east of Sana’a.

“Some of these positions had been under government control for three years,” one of the commanders said.

The International Crisis Group, a Belgium-based think tank, said the Houthi fighters were making “the biggest gains” on the ground against militants.

“At the time of writing, the Houthis appeared to be making the biggest gains on the battlefield, reportedly controlling the important Nihm front north east of Sana’a after several days in which both sides claimed a series of largely symbolic victories while suffering numerous casualties,” it said in a report.

The Defense Minister of the Saudi-backed puppet government, general Mohammed Ali al-Maqdishi, admitted the Houthi advances in Nihm district.

At a meeting with loyalist commanders, he referred to what he called a “tactical withdrawal from some positions,” but it doesn’t appear to be that way.

Houthi-aligned Uprising Today reported that Hadi’s so-called Sixth Military Region in Jawf had collapsed under the joint Yemeni army and Houthi offensive. A video has been released showing Major General Abu Ali Al-Hakim touring military sites in the Majzar district in Jawf which were abandoned by the Saudi-supported fighters. The ancient city of Baraqish in the same province is also now under Houthi control.

 

This marks some of the biggest gains by the Houthis in recent months, which appears to be taking the upper hand in the conflict even more so.

The turning of the battle apparently began when the Houthis announced the success of their operation “Victory from God.”

On September 30th, 2019, the Houthis announced that they had captured approximately 2,000 Saudi-coalition troops and killed 500 more.

“During the attack, we fired 10 ballistic missiles at Najran airport to paralyze the enemy air forces (Saudi-led coalition warplanes) and launched 31 drone strikes at airports in Saudi provinces of Asir and Jizan,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said back then.

He added that “one of the drone attacks also targeted a sensitive site in the Saudi capital Riyadh.”

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Xoli Xoli

If the Houthis,Hisbollah,Al Quds,Tiger forces,Pakistan , Taliban and North Korea joint forces.Then Middle East will be liberated forever.

Zionism = EVIL

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Trauma2000

His sandles are brilliant… and I actually mean that. Respect to the Houthi.

Zionism = EVIL

These guys are a hoot, he just lobbed a grenade into the Saudi MRAP and is casually checking out his handiwork. I was reading that they have captured thousands of Saudi, US supplied combat boots and even kevlar, but prefer to roam around in home made sandals as they say it gives more mobility and comfort.

Furkan Sahin

Houthis is the best ;)

Zionism = EVIL

Only if the rest chew khat and wear sandals sporting an AK-47 casually and shout “death to the Jews and Amrika” :)

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occupybacon

You forgot Cuba and Venezuela

Xoli Xoli

Thank you including Cuba and Venezuela.

Zionism = EVIL

Just to give you an idea about the scope of Ansarallah victories, they have liberated an area bigger than Palestine from the Saudi scum and Emirati faggots in mere one month and inflicted bigger losses in armor, men and material than most NATO arselickers have in their inventory. The Zaidis are the zenith of a WARRIOR!

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cechas vodobenikov

the Saudi/amerikan barbarian cowards, despite their fancy weapons and money lose all wars…to afraid to challenge the Houthis, they rely upon sudanese and Colombian mercenaries

Zionism = EVIL

Colombians also provide gratis cocaine to the perverted Saudi scum.

hvaiallverden

I agree with some, remeber, the Yemens/Houtis had to take an stand, after an election so corrupted it was an flat out joke, with One man to whom the Saudi-barbarians suported and westerners backed, and they called it an election, yeah, but the Yemens fought back and refused to accsept the game played. What would we do, when our nations are runn over, invaded by foreign forces, and an unpresedented flow of so called refugees, our corrupted polticians is lying about everything, incl demanding us to belive in their bullshit and if we dont then we are uh….. deniers, take your pick and place whatever infront of that word and presto we have the MSM and they control our polticians, since any oposittion will be crushed by the MSM in case after case, in nations after nations, and then came the Yemens and changed everything.

I cant underline enough my respect for the Yemens, other than been proud of seeing real men and women fight for their land and people instead of whining like spoiled bitches, an wurthless quire of castrats, and i hope that the end of this evil war is in sight, after years, they deserve this, but do notice how little if anything the western JudenPress acctually cares, they dont, but our Gov in Norway have corps that benefits from this crime against humanity, yeah, Norwegians are scums, lower than rats, infact its an insult to sewage rats to compare then to Norwegians or Yankikes for that matter and the Jews, I am NOT Norwegian, but lives here and have my family from this place, but have to endure an nation with an people rotten to their core.

Any true nationalist should watch and learn, and rise the Yemens fight to its rightful place among heroes witch will reverberate into the future of humanity, one nations people standing up to the empire and its vassals, and have shown us the way. The Yemens are the light of the world, in an otherwise dark dungeon, of low life scums and evil criminals, corruption and violence, if you want an somebody to look up to, Yemen is the place and its people, the case. They have my deepest respect, after years, they have just solidifyed it. May the lord continue to bless you all.

peace

PS: SF, never think I usually attack comoners or the messenger, if I or others do, you will know the difference, even when they are spectaculary slammed with idiot propaganda like any average Yankike and Norwegian, etc, etc, the level is the same, in the regions of BreitFartlingas and so on, but I have no qualms when it comes to point out, other nation leaders hypocrasy and their turning away from the war crimes, incl lord knows how many civlians, and children slaughtered, the thing is, I have NO restrains, I will slapp with what I can, any way I can, until something real happens and until I see it, they are just f….. scums, incl Putin, witch, like Trump, just this past week, have shown us all their true faces and I see nothing but evil its after all, despite wrapping bullshit into clossy papers, or speaches, actions counts, words are cheep, cost nothing, and easy to use, I hate them thruout.

Traiano Welcome

Here’s a question: How would the Houthi deal with an attack by the IDF? What happens when Israel decides the Houthis are a sufficient threat to reach out over the borders and strike them in Yemen ?

Issam

I think you are giving “Israel” far to much credit than they deserve, their latest aggression on Syria wouldn’t have continued if not for the restraint of the Syrian leadership and it’s priorities, “Israel” is not on top of the list, but if it were for Axis of resistance, they would retaliate against any of aggression, as we witnessed lately when Hezbollah promised to retaliate and the whole IDF ran away from the border in a hurry and disappeared for days waiting to for Hezbollah to kill somebody and finish with their revenge so they can go back to playing tough. the Houthis say that “Israel” is a part of the coalition from 2015, but it were to try attack them directly and claim it, i think they would react as Iran did to the US with their ballistic missiles and drones. Badreddin alHouthi promised in a speech a while ago that he is ready to send 30.000+ battle hardened Houthis to join a war against “Israel” if it starts, and this was in their worst moment when they were besieged and weak.

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