Yemeni Forces Win Back Strategic Region in Lahij Province

The Yemeni army and the popular forces continued their advances in the Western part of Yemen, and won back a strategic region in Lahij province.

The Yemeni forces seized back Al-Kabeen region in Lahij province on Sunday night.

Scores of Saudi forces were killed and injured in the Yemeni forces’ attacks.

Meantime, the Yemeni army and popular forces made considerable advances in Ma’rib province, killing a large number of Saudi forces and injuring many others.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the former government and militants and al-Qaeda and ISIL terrorists on one side and Ansarullah (Houthi) movement and the army and popular forces on the opposite side for over a year now. Since March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes on Yemen in support of Yemen’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The rising death toll among the civilian population prompted the United Nations to mediate a ceasefire between the Saudi coalition and the popular forces in December for the time of the intra-Yemeni talks in Geneva, although hostilities have continued.

The bombardments have so far killed more than 8,600 people and injured more than 16,500.