Joint forces monitor militia combat movements as shelling continues in Hodeidah

English - Wednesday 29 April 2020 الساعة 02:38 am
Hodeidah / Mocha, Newsyemen, private:

A military source in the joint forces stationed with the Hays Front confirmed continuous monitoring of the Houthi militias in their areas of control around the city and the continuation of hostilities.

The source indicated the monitoring of the movements of Houthi groups in a number of farms and residential areas that had been evacuated from the population and taken over by militia elements, and continues to innovations and excavation work and erecting barricades and trenches.

 In the same context, observers said that the militias are bringing in gunmen and stockpiling weapons in a number of workshops and factories for the preparation and manufacture of "blocks" towards the city of Hays.

On Monday, the joint forces also detected movements of groups of Houthi militia militants in Qasim Hussain farms, which confirms the militias intentions to escalate the military, according to a field source.

 On Monday, militias again targeted the residential neighborhoods of the Hayes Center with heavy and medium machine-gun fire, the rate of pica and snipers, while fierce artillery fire continued on the villages and farms of al-Jabaliaya in al-Tuhita.