Tribal fighters repulse Houthi attack in Kushar, Hajjah

English - Sunday 03 March 2019 الساعة 07:25 pm
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Hajoor's tribal fighters repulsed a major attack carried out by the Houthi militias targeting al-Mansourah strategic fortress in Kushar district in Hajjah province, sources said.

The sources added that the armed militias inflicted heavy losses and they expelled the militias in Bani Shous area in the outskirts of the district towards the south after the militias sneak into the area around 15 days.

In parallel, the tribesmen repulsed a new Houthi attack on the strategic mountain of Jumana in Bani Rassam area, after the Houthi militias tried to sneak into the same mountain in a month.

According to the sources, Hajoor fighters have seized 14.5 machine guns and a number of machine guns and ammunition.

The colonel Nabil Abdullah Saleh al-Qa'aud was killed, including dozens of the armed militias in the military clashes in south Kushar district in the past hours.