The Yemeni national army captured on Monday a naval base that the Iranian-backed Houthis were using as a headquarters in the port city of Hodeidah.
The forces also seized plans, documents, Iranian-made equipment and the names of foreign Houthi trainers during the operation.
Lebanese and Iranian names were included in the list.
The operation came at a time when the militias were continuing their violation of the humanitarian truce that was announced in mid-November by the joint forces and Arab coalition.
Spokesman for the Amaleeqa Brigades Waddah al-Dbeish said that the operation was in retaliation to the militias’ violation of the ceasefire and their shelling of liberated residential neighborhoods.
He told Asharq Al-Awsat that the operation secured a number of buildings and villas in the Khamseen road.
The army also discovered maps of naval mines that the Houthis had planted at sea.
Moreover, they found modern Iranian equipment that are used for naval purposes.
Dbeish vowed that the joint forces will not suffice with simple self-defense, but they will retaliate to any Houthi attack with an operation that will lead to the liberation of positions in Hodeidah.
One such operation, he said, led to the recapture of vast areas of an air base in Hodeidah.
The forces seized planes and equipment and dismantled mines that were planted by the Houthis, including explosives that were placed inside three MiG planes.
