Yemen Army: Houthis Sending Major Reinforcements to Different Fronts

Military spokesman Abdo Majali.
Military spokesman Abdo Majali.
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Yemen Army: Houthis Sending Major Reinforcements to Different Fronts

Military spokesman Abdo Majali.
Military spokesman Abdo Majali.

The Yemeni army warned that the Iran-backed Houthi militias were sending major reinforcements to different battlefronts, demonstrating their clear disregard of peace and the UN-sponsored nationwide truce.

Military spokesman Abdo Majali said the Houthis have committed thousands of violations of the truce since it was renewed last week.

He told Asharq Al-Awsat that the militias have brought in more fighters, military equipment and weapons to the frontlines, clearly dismissing the truce.

The army, on the other hand, is committed to the two-month truce and the UN initiative and it is executing the orders of the military command, he stressed.

The Houthi violations are an act of defiance of the UN and international humanitarian law, he charged.

Majali cited their flying of armed drones, setting up of new military positions, deployment of snipers, and sending reinforcements in the shape of tanks, armored vehicles and fighters. They have also smuggled weapons and planted mines in civilian areas and the frontlines.

Violations have been confirmed in the Marib province, west coast, and eastern and western Taiz, he added.

The Houthis have also fired artillery at the army and attempted infiltrations that have been repelled by the military.



Washington Holds Kataib Hezbollah Responsible for Attack on an Iraqi Govt Building

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs the emergency security meeting on Sunday. (Iraqi government)
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs the emergency security meeting on Sunday. (Iraqi government)
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Washington Holds Kataib Hezbollah Responsible for Attack on an Iraqi Govt Building

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs the emergency security meeting on Sunday. (Iraqi government)
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs the emergency security meeting on Sunday. (Iraqi government)

The US embassy in Iraq accused on Monday the pro-Iran Kataib Hezbollah group of being behind the attack on an Agriculture Ministry building in Baghdad as a new director was being sworn in.

A group of fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carried out the attack, said the Interior Ministry.

The Kataib Hezbollah are part of the PMF.

At least one police officer was killed and 14 PMF fighters have been arrested.

The embassy offered its condolences to the families of the victims, “who were killed by Kataib Hezbollah, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States.”

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired an emergency security meeting on Sunday to address the situation.

Sudani stressed the need to uphold the law and protect state institutions. No leniency should be shown in the case, he added, urging investigations to uncover how the perpetrators were able to carry out the attack.

He called for bringing them to justice. “No one is above the law,” he declared, demanding that the probe be held according to professional standards.

Forces within the pro-Iran Shiite Coordination Framework held an emergency meeting to also discuss the attack.

Informed sources said the meeting “gave Sudani the green light to pursue the perpetrators.”

Information that has emerged in the past 24 hours revealed that the attack stemmed from disputes between armed factions and local powers over agricultural territory in the al-Dora region south of Baghdad.

The disputes culminated in the sacking of the old director, who is affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah. The new director is affiliated with another armed faction, leading to the clash between the two parties and the police and security forces intervening.