HAJJAH, Yemen, Feb 5 (NNN-YPA) – Yemeni government army, yesterday advanced into the northern district of Harad, near the Saudi Arabian border, recapturing a military camp, a village, and a series of strategic border mountains from the Houthi militia.
“The operation began at dawn, with heavy support from warplanes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition backing the Yemeni government forces,” a Yemeni military source, on the front line, in Harad in the north-western province of Hajjah, said.
The operation came simultaneously with another offensive, launched by the Yemeni army, to recapture districts in the oil-rich province of Marib in central Yemen.
Last month, the Houthi militia lost several districts in the south-eastern province of Shabwa.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced four million, and pushed the country to the brink of famine.
