Yemen’s Clashes Killed More Than 50 In the Past Two Days

While there is a sharp rise in the news of Yemen victories in the battlefield against Saudi-led coalition, Arabic media are trying to publish such claims to justify their defeat by blaming others for supporting Houthis.

The Houthi deployment near Al-Anad, which took place without fighting, “poses a real danger to pro-government and coalition forces”, a military source told AFP.

Residents and officials said that pro-Hadi forces seized of two strategic entrepots to the city of Damt on Sunday after being air dropped weapons by coalition warplanes, solidifying their control over southern Yemen.

A medical source confirmed that dozens of people from both sides were either killed or wounded during the three-day battles.

Presidential guards at the Maasheeq palace in Aden fought on 3 November with militiamen in southern popular committees due to delays in the latter’s salary payments; popular committees are fragmented local forces that are tasked with manning checkpoints and policing the city.

In the coastal city of Dhubab, near the Bab al-Mandab strait, the rebels seized a military base following clashes with pro-government troops that left six loyalists and 11 rebels dead, another military source said.

At least 19 people have been killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes between pro-government forces and rebels in Yemen’s south, military sources said on Saturday.

The Shiite armed group still seized much of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa since September.

Hadi designated Aden, where the humanitarian situation has drastically deteriorated during fighting, as the temporary capital.

Residents said, about 30 people were killed in fighting in Damt district in Dhalea governorate in the south.

The United Nations is hoping to announce next week a date for talks between the government and the rebels.