The Houthis are taking down a "legitimate" front in Marib, and they are advancing in 3 districts
English - Wednesday 19 August 2020 الساعة 06:13 am
Marib, Newsyemen, Marib Al-Taweel:
The Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, has taken control of the Al-Deeq front, northwest of Al-Makhdara, in the Ma'rib Governorate, east of Sanaa, according to military and tribal sources.
Sources said that the Houthi militia managed to control the Al-Deeq front, which administratively belongs to the Ragwan district, after it took control of the Al-Khadkara front, overlooking the asphalt line leading to Al-Jawf and Al-Farda junction.
The sources pointed to a large exodus of the people from the Al-Deeq area, where dozens of families were displaced from the villages of Umm Sayyad, Al-Awir, Al-Jamamara and Al-Mahazam, with the intensification of the battles between the legitimate forces and the Houthis.
It emphasized that the Houthi militia was desperate to control the three villages, in order to be able to establish their sites and expand to other areas.
In the Al-Jadaan area in Marib, violent battles are taking place between the two sides, as the Houthi militia has opened multiple war fronts in the area that includes the districts of Ragwan, Medghal and Majzar.
The battles are taking place on the outskirts of Majzar district, in the areas adjacent to Ferdah Nehm, Baraqish, and the borders of Hilan and Al-Makhdara.
The Iranian arm managed to penetrate the district of Medghal with the borders of Jabal Helan and took control of the Al-Suhail area, which is the line connecting Al-Jadaan and Al-Jawf, and it also controlled 10 km from the Hailan Junction near Camp Kaalan to the end of the Mount Hailan chain and continued to advance to near the military police point of the Marib authority.
According to the sources who spoke to "Newsyemen" from Ma'rib, the battles cut off the road between the three directorates, as the crossing to "Raghwan, Meddhal and Majz" and the Al-Jawf governorate through the desert.
The Houthi militia opened a new fighting front from the Ragwan district in Marib, from the regions of Al-Jawah, Al-Jaddafar, Al-Lisan and Al-Jufrah, which are located east of the Majzar district, adjacent to Al-Jawf governorate.
In the Jufra region, in the Ragwan border, the militia managed to control an open area, while it was trying to circumvent the Mas camp and the fronts under the control of the National Army forces in the Salb front, cutting the supply lines from the northeastern side, and overthrowing many sites.
