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Military sources said on Friday the offensive launched by the army and the resistance this week is intended to expel the insurgents from the entire Al Jawf province (Supplied)
Yemen’s national resistance fighters seized more positions in an offensive against the Iranian-backed group rebels in the Northern Al Jawf governorate close to the capital Sanaa, a Yemeni news website reported on Saturday.
The resistance, which is backed by legitimate army units, occupied Umm Al Jana near the governorate’s capital Al Hazm after heavy fighting on Friday, Masdar Online said, quoting a resistance source in Al Jawf.
The source said several militia men from the Houthis and their allies were killed or wounded while a large quantity of weapons and ammunition was seized.
“The resistance men also seized Al Marwan village and cut off the road used by the insurgent to reach Mas military camp in eastern Al Jawf,” the source said.
The report quoted witnesses in Al Jawf as saying many residents who have fled their homes have returned following the liberation of many areas from the rebels.
It said the army and the resistance explosive experts dismantled landlines planted by the Houthis in those areas to facilitate the return of citizens.
Military sources said on Friday the offensive launched by the army and the resistance this week is intended to expel the insurgents from the entire Al Jawf province.
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