Army makes new advance in Kitaf

National army on Wednesday carried out an attack targeted positions held by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in ‘Kitaf’ north-eastern the province of Saada.

Chief of staff of the 84 infantry brigade, Colonel Ali Saleh Al-Humaidi told September Net that forces of the brigade launched a missive offensive on the militia’s sites at the mountains chain that are nearer to Al-Fara’ area, in the Kitaf district.

Al-Humaidi said that the army forces have completely secured those chain of mountains, and advanced some distance away, following clashes against the Houthi militia that fled and retreated.

The clashes incurred major losses in lives and materials on the militia’s side, while the army captured a great deal of weapons and retook communications devices.

R.A