The Yemeni army on Sunday accused the Ansar al-Houthis group of bringing reinforcements to the western province of Hodeidah, which has been under a UN truce since December.
Cairo – .. "The Houthis have mobilized hundreds of fighters armed with weapons as well as military vehicles carrying heavy weapons and weapons on the border of the Hays district south-east of Hodeidah," the media center of the army's elite brigades told military sources in the field.
"The positions of the forces in Hays were subjected to shelling by the Houthis heavy artillery and mortar rounds 120, B10 and Hauser."
She pointed out that "the Houthis launched a similar artillery bombardment on other positions of the forces in the mountainous area of the Directorate of Tahita South of Hodeidah."
"The bombing coincided with the strengthening of the Houthis positions on the outskirts of the mountainous area with heavy and medium weapons and huge military blocs in an attempt to regain control."
For its part, said the media center for "Ansar Allah" on "Twitter", that the Yemeni army fired more than 30 artillery shells and a number of cluster bombs on the area of Aljah in the Directorate of Beit al-Faqih southeast of Hodeidah, and targeted the city of Drehami south of Hodeidah about 15 shells.
A military alliance of Arab and Muslim countries led by Saudi Arabia has been operating since March 2015 against Huthi positions in support of the internationally recognized government of Yemen, seeking to restore the capital Sana'a and vast areas in northern and western Yemen.
In return, Ansar Allah is carrying out continuous attacks with drones, ballistic missiles targeting Saudi forces inside Yemen and inside Saudi territory.
In addition to the destruction of Yemen's infrastructure, the spread of epidemics and diseases, and famine in some areas, some 22 million people, or about 75 percent of Yemen's population, have been killed and wounded. , Requires some form of humanitarian assistance and protection.
On May 11-13, Ansar Allah announced the unilateral withdrawal of the three Hodeidah ports (Hodeidah, Salih and Ras Issa) under UN supervision, amid a rejection by the Yemeni government, which it considered to be contrary to what had been agreed on the formation of tripartite monitoring to verify withdrawal and disarmament. Mines.
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