The implementation of a fifth observation point and death of 9 Houthis in Hodeidah

English - Wednesday 23 October 2019 الساعة 09:53 am

A military spokesman revealed the creation of a fifth control point in Hodeidah in the City Max sector, after the insistence of the Chairman of the Redeployment Committee, because of the geography of the sector.

Colonel Waddah al-Dabish, a spokesman for the joint forces, said the fifth point would be fixed on Wednesday through the triple descent of the City Max sector.

In the same context, Al-Dabeesh reported the death of nine Houthi militiamen in an explosion of an explosive device planted by the militias near the wall of the College of Engineering in the city of Saleh north of Hodeidah.

Houthi obstructions did not prevent the completion of the deployment of observers and the four points in the city of Hodeidah. On the last day, explosives experts dismantled militia mines to provide space for the installation and deployment of the observation point in the middle of a field with more than 2,500 mines.

The explosives on the road of the UN team and the head of the mission, Gen. Joha, obstructed and prevented the passage to the neighborhood of Mandhar near the performances square, which forced him to take thorny paths to reach the site three hours late.

The fourth point of deployment and observation took place in the southern neighborhood of Mandhar.  To start the points and liaison teams and monitoring of the diary of the cease-fire or not in an exam set to take 14 days to move the deployment of observers south, Durahami, Hays and Tahita, depending on the success of the two-week experience in the city and the center of the province.