The latest battle victories scored by Yemeni Resistance Forces in the western coastline and Saada have compelled Houthi militias to move their medium and heavy weapons away from the capital Sanaa.
“On Sunday, the militias began moving arms they stored in Sanaa, on board around 20 big trucks, to unknown locations,” informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.
The sources confirmed that Yemen’s Army is currently positioned 18 kilometers from the Hodeidah center.
Yemeni army spokesman Abdo Abdullah Majali said Resistance Forces were rapidly moving closer to the coastal line towards Hodeidah. “We will liberate the city in the coming few days,” he said.
Majali told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Army’s victory in the Zaranik camp and its advance prove that the legitimate forces are moving according to the plan set to liberate Hodeidah.
He said the army has made a huge progress along the coastline towards the districts of Tahita and al-Duraihami, adjacent to the strategic port city of Hodeidah.
The spokesman said that Houthi militias have already smuggled a large quantity of arms from Sanaa to Saada and from areas where the Yemeni forces are advancing.
“Arab Coalition warplanes are tracing the militias’ moves and are targeting their weapons caches,” he said.
He confirmed that a large number of Houthi rebel fighters fled the battlegrounds, allowing the Yemeni forces to capture many of them in the past few days.
“Those arrested are providing information about the military tactics used by the rebels in their battles against our forces,” Majali said.
