Operation 'Decisive Storm' | Saudi lead coalition operations in Yemen - Updates & Discussions.

[Hindustani78]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...er-aid-agen/article24065641.ece?homepage=true
Alliance forces only about 20 km from the main port city

As forces of the Saudi-led military coalition close in on the main Yemeni port city of Hodeidah

A coalition spokesman said on Tuesday that forces backed by the coalition were 20 km (12 miles) from the Houthi-held city of Hodeidah, but did not specify whether there were plans for an assault to seize the Red Sea port, long a key target.

A battle zone

“The coalition ground forces are now at the doorstep of this heavily-fortified, heavily-mined port city,”

“Thousands of civilians are fleeing from the outskirts of Hodeidah which is now a battle zone.”

Troops from the United Arab Emirates and Yemeni government are believed to lead coalition forces massing south of the city of 400,000.

The coalition is carrying out air strikes in Yemen in support of restoring the internationally-recognised government, while Houthis have launched missiles into Saudi Arabia.

 

[Hindustani78]

Yemeni army nears liberation of Hodeidah from Houthis

The army launched raids on militia pockets in the districts of Tahita and Beit Al-Faqih and Husseiniya on Thursday and Friday. (AFP)
Updated 02 June 2018
Arab News
June 02, 2018 09:47
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1314101/middle-east

Yemen’s national army announced on Saturday that it is close to liberating Hodeidah and its strategic harbor from Houthi militia control

• The source said clashes continued between the army and remaining militants in the region as they advanced toward Hodeidah airport

DUBAI: Yemen’s national army announced on Saturday that it is close to liberating Hodeidah and its strategic harbor from Houthi militia control, Saudi state-news agency SPA reported.

In a statement on the Yemeni Ministry of Defense’s official website, a Yemeni military source said: “The army launched raids on pockets of militia in the districts of Tahita and Beit Al-Faqih and Husseiniya on Thursday and Friday.”

The source said clashes continued between the army and remaining militants in the region as they advanced toward Hodeidah airport.

 

[Hindustani78]

Yemeni fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed Yemeni president ride in the back of a pickup truck on a road. (AFP)
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1314641/middle-east
DUBAI: The Saudi-led Arab Coalition targeted Iran-backed Houthi militia positions along the western coast of Yemen, Saudi state-news agency SPA reported.

Yemen’s official news agency reported that the coalition raids killed 70 Houthi militants as Yemeni resistance forces advanced toward Hodeidah airport and harbor.

It was also reported that 21 militants were captured, while Houthi weapons and military vehicles were destroyed in the raids.

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SANAA

At least 70 Houthi rebels were reportedly killed on Sunday in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition and clashes with government forces in western Yemen.

Coalition fighter jets and artillery struck rebel positions and gatherings in Yemen’s western coast, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.

The agency said the attacks have forced the rebels to flee, leaving their weapons behind.

Meanwhile, Yemeni government forces were reportedly advancing in Al-Hudaydah province toward the airport and the strategic seaport in the area, WAM said.

Government forces have managed to capture 21 rebels during operations in Al-Hudaydah, it said.

There was no comment from the Shia Houthi group on the claim.

Impoverished Yemen has been wracked by violence since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa.

The conflict escalated in 2015 when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies -- who accuse the Houthis of serving as Iranian proxies -- launched a massive campaign in Yemen aimed at rolling back Houthi gains.

The violence has devastated Yemen’s basic infrastructure, including water and sanitation systems, prompting the UN to describe the situation as “one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times”.

 

[Hindustani78]

File photo showing Iran backed Houthi militia parading in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Reuters)
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1315591/middle-east

A senior Houthi militia leader has been killed in an airstrike by the Saudi led Arab coalition in Hodeidah, western Yemen.

The attack on a Houthi militia meeting in Hodeidah two days ago led to the death of Abdel Karim Al-Ghammari, the second in command of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia’s “Ministry of Defense” as Al-Arabiya news channel reported.

Yemeni activists have been exchanging comments related to his death on social media

Al-Ghammari, who was the Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Defense in Sanaa was most certainly killed while attending the military coordination meeting in Hodeidah.

No official confirmation had been published by the Houthi militia until now, and the sources reported that other key Houthi military leaders might have perished in the same attack.

Al-Ghammari was number 16 on the Saudi-led Arab Coalition of most-wanted list of coup leaders in Yemen.

 

[SubWater]

Yemenis counter attack cause huge losses and defeat for Emirates and Saudis

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...17393173&z=6&mid=1M-_ymjR9xwOK7KMikOcUFSAE1ac

 

[The SC]

Yemeni forces supported by the Arab coalition are 9 km from Hodeida city.. Houthis tries to counter-attack on other fronts, but did not succeed ..most of them left their heavy weapons and run..Their new chief of staff was also killed in Hodeida..

 

[Metanoia]

In my opinion based on reading news from various sources, since the past couple of months or so the conflict stagnated with the ballistic missile attacks becoming quite useless in terms of material and psychological damage, and now the Saudi coalition is on the move; i.e. they have gained an upper hand/momentum and are now capturing territories down south/south west after battles while the Houthis are in a retreat.

Perhaps the toughest battles are yet to come if the coalition is keen on taking over the Houthi/Ansar-Allah heartland itself (Saidah et al) which is still a long way from today. The common folk in Yemen will continue to suffer till then across the spectrum. A possible and more beneficial way out for almost every stakeholder engaged in this conflict would be to opt for the previous arrangement, i.e. the North and South divide. This will ensure the Zaydi community and the Southern Sunni community to live as per their own respective way because clearly the unification of Yemen was not viable enough.

 

[raptor22]

 

[beast89]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1005007689083179009

https://twitter.com/x/status/1004842747461881858

Wow this coalition is pathetic

https://twitter.com/x/status/1004832966781042691

Sudanese suffering major losses fighting the retarded fat prince's never ending war

 

[beast89]

yemeni army and houthis attend al quds rally in Hodeida. The gulfies need to call their zionist master Trump for help, sudanese army and mercs are not enough

https://twitter.com/x/status/1005284736489676800

https://twitter.com/x/status/1004792680059228161

retarded salman's nightmare

https://twitter.com/x/status/1005010265547538432

 

[The SC]

Houthis are being beaten up on the outskirts of Hodeida as well in at least 15 other strategic places..as we speak..

 

[SubWater]

Breaking
Yemenis air force bombing Saudi mercenaries in Aden port

Breaking
Yemenis air force bombing Saudi mercenaries in Aden port

 

[RoadRunner401]

Houthis are being beaten up on the outskirts of Hodeida as well in at least 15 other strategic places..as we speak..

 

[SubWater]

I really wonder what happen for all of those Saudi-Zionist advances in Yemen.

 

[beast89]

so many hodeidah airports it seems. The coalition of the useless say they control it whilst the houthis film from there?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1014375751217504256

more armour losses of the useless coalition.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1014922359441186816

https://twitter.com/x/status/1014387877327716352

more sudanese dying for america slaves

sudanese leading the battle and defending the borders since the saudis can't.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1014933870192529410

https://twitter.com/x/status/1014190555063115777

https://www.almasdarnews.com/articl...ae-troops-for-first-time-in-west-yemen-video/



BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – Several pro-Houthi Movement (var. Ansallah Movement) politicians recently declared that the UAE’s announcement of a ceasefire in Hodeideh was due to their military failures.

Among the politicians that claimed victory was the Spokesperson for the National Salvation Governorate, ‘Abdul-Salaam Jaber.


Jaber specifically claimed via Saba News Agency that the recent statement by the UAE’s Foreign Minister, Anwar Gargash, proved his nation’s military failures in Hodeideh.

The Yemeni political leader said that Gargash’s statement “confirms that the so-called legitimate government is only a plea used by the UAE-Saudi forces to occupy Yemen.”

“The US-backed Saudi-led coalition forces thought that they would be able to occupy the province of Hodeidah quickly but the army and popular committees made that impossible,” he continued.

Also criticizing the UAE ceasefire was the Yemeni Army Spokesperson, General Sharif Luqman, who said that the failure to occupy the Hodiedah Governorate by the UAE-backed forces proved they were defeated.

The ceasefire was recently put in place by the UAE in order to promote peaceful dialogue between the Gulf-backed troops and Houthi forces.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/articl...ctory-against-gulf-backed-forces-in-hodeideh/

lets see how a certain sensitive user on here spins this for the coalition