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After three months of anticipation, the forces led by Tareq Saleh, nephew of late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, announced that they have joined the battle against the Iran-backed Houthi militias.
The development has led to high hopes among the General People's Congress supporters that his forces will be able to avenge the Houthis for murdering the former president in December 2017 and for committing abuses against the party.
Party sources confirmed that panic gripped Houthi militia commanders after Tareq Saleh entered the battle.
The militia summoned hundreds of its members in the northern front of the western coastal region to reinforce its lines against his forces’ imminent attack, said local sources in the al-Hodeidah region.
Military observes said that the participation of Tareq Saleh’s highly prepared forces marks a major transition in ending the Houthi presence in Yemen and shifting the battle in the country in favor of the legitimate forces.
Even though the confrontation against the Houthis will not be as easy as Saleh’s supporters believe, they are however hoping that his forces will have enough motivation to break the militias’ spirit and defeat them – at least on the west coast and towards the city of Hodeidah and its strategic port.
Because the direct advance on Hodeidah is an unpredictable undertaking, said military observers, Saleh’s forces, which were formed with the backing of the Arab coalition, chose to start their mission by protecting their back through liberating the regions east of the Mokha coastal city, which lies west of Taiz.
Saleh’s forces’ joining of the battle prompted a warning from the Houthis.
One commander, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, threatened to launch attacks against the marine route in the Red Sea.
While many, pro-legitimacy partisan and political forces welcomed Tareq Saleh’s arrival on the scene, pro-Turkey and Qatar activists heavily criticized the development, which they perceive as a threat to their influence should the Houthis be defeated.
They fear that the Houthis’ demise will return the Saleh family back to ruling Yemen.
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1244676/tareq-saleh’s-forces-confuse-houthis-yemen
The development has led to high hopes among the General People's Congress supporters that his forces will be able to avenge the Houthis for murdering the former president in December 2017 and for committing abuses against the party.
Party sources confirmed that panic gripped Houthi militia commanders after Tareq Saleh entered the battle.
The militia summoned hundreds of its members in the northern front of the western coastal region to reinforce its lines against his forces’ imminent attack, said local sources in the al-Hodeidah region.
Military observes said that the participation of Tareq Saleh’s highly prepared forces marks a major transition in ending the Houthi presence in Yemen and shifting the battle in the country in favor of the legitimate forces.
Even though the confrontation against the Houthis will not be as easy as Saleh’s supporters believe, they are however hoping that his forces will have enough motivation to break the militias’ spirit and defeat them – at least on the west coast and towards the city of Hodeidah and its strategic port.
Because the direct advance on Hodeidah is an unpredictable undertaking, said military observers, Saleh’s forces, which were formed with the backing of the Arab coalition, chose to start their mission by protecting their back through liberating the regions east of the Mokha coastal city, which lies west of Taiz.
Saleh’s forces’ joining of the battle prompted a warning from the Houthis.
One commander, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, threatened to launch attacks against the marine route in the Red Sea.
While many, pro-legitimacy partisan and political forces welcomed Tareq Saleh’s arrival on the scene, pro-Turkey and Qatar activists heavily criticized the development, which they perceive as a threat to their influence should the Houthis be defeated.
They fear that the Houthis’ demise will return the Saleh family back to ruling Yemen.
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1244676/tareq-saleh’s-forces-confuse-houthis-yemen
