SANAA, Sept 26 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia, yesterday, captured new areas in southern Marib province, in central Yemen, after fierce fighting with government troops, a military source said.
“Houthi militia advanced from Harib district and captured this morning (yesterday), the Mal’aa hilltops, the adjacent valley of Om Reash and part of the main highway in the area, which leads to Al-Jubah district, and the province’s capital, Marib city,” a government military source in the city said.
“Dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded, when trying to repel the militia attack,” he said, without providing information on casualties.
The Houthi group has made no comment yet.
With the control of Harib district earlier this week, the Houthi group now controls ten districts out of 14 in the province.
The Houthi militia launched in Feb, a major offensive on Marib, in an attempt to seize control of the oil-rich province, the last northern stronghold of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.
