Yemeni Forces Kill, Injure over 30 Saudi-Backed Militants in Sana’a
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s army and fighters from popular committees made gains in their fight against Saudi-backed mercenaries in Sana'a province, managing to kill and injure over 30 militants and liberate new areas.
More than 30 Saudi-sponsored mercenaries were killed and injured in the Nihm district in Sana’a after Yemeni troops launched retaliatory attacks against their sites, a military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Saba news agency on Saturday.
The military camps were located in the areas of Hareeb Nehm, Qarn and Dhaboua, the source added.
He further said the army seized a large quantity of weapons belonging to the mercenaries during the attack and the rest of the militants fled the battlefield.
The attack against the Saudi-led forces came in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians and destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure by the coalition led by the Riyadh regime.
Yemen’s defenseless people have been under massive attacks by the coalition for more than three years but Riyadh has reached none of its objectives in Yemen so far.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on March 25 that the war had left 600,000 civilians dead and injured until then. The war and the accompanying blockade have also caused famine across Yemen.