Allies seize more rebel positions in Taiz

Yemen’s national army and resistance fighters backed by the Arab coalition air force advance on coup rebel positions in Taiz and seized more land on Wednesday as the insurgents continued their retreat, military sources said on Thursday.

The army and the resistance, who launched a major offensive on Monday to liberate the Southwestern town of Taiz, occupied most areas in Wazeyia and continued their swift advance towards Hannah near the main road linking Taiz with the port of Alhudaydah and other areas, they said, quoted by Yemen’s news network Mareb Press.

In Southeast Taiz, the fighters attacked Rahda town and seize the strategic Hammala hilltop after delaying the offensive for one day because of landlines planted by the fleeing Iranian-backed Houthis and their allies.

The attacks on two fronts were backed by intensified coalition air raids on rebel targets in Taiz, including a Houthi barracks and a Katyusha rocket base.

In another development, a Houthi field commander was killed in pitched battles with the national army and resistance in the Southern Aldale governorate, the network said.

It quoted resistance sources as saying Kahlan Al Shahri was killed after the allies seized Houthi positions in Murais in Aldale.

“The army and the resistance also occupied Yaees and Al Qahra, the last rebel positions in North Aldale following heavy night clashes,” the report said.

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