Huthi militias lack command and control

Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, Consultant at the Saudi Minister of Defense's Office and Spokesman of the Coalition Forces, said that the Coalition Forces are now focusing on attacking the pro-Huthi militia brigades, noting that, at the same time, many brigades, once joining the Huthi militias, have abandoned their ranks, citing brigade 90 marines, and reiterated his call for other brigade commanders to come back to the support for legitimacy to evade the coalition airstrikes.

In his daily press briefing held this evening at Riyadh Airbase, Asiri said the Huthi militias are now lacking command and control and that the leading hierarchy associated with the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has turned to be cut off leaving the Huthi militias to launch random individual operations to achieve personal gains at the expense of the security and safety of Yemen and its citizens, Saudi Press Agency SPA reported.

Brig. Gen. Asiri explained that the coalition forces have become more accurate in targeting vehicles, camps, ordnance warehouses and fuel tanks captured by the Huthis through robbery, in order to use them, later on, indicating that the airstrikes have carried a quantum operation, in Abeen, as solid information were received on mobilizing military vehicles and equipment there, hence the coalition forces hit them, SPA reported.

Having been informed of Huthis plan to launch attack on the Saudi border, Coalition forces consequently targeted spots of ammunition and fuels, alike, in addition to their military concentrations, he added.

On the situation, in Aden, he disclosed that there is communication between the coalition forces, the People's Committees and resistance units, in order to pinpoint Huthi targets, pointing to yesterday's tasks of air dropping of foodstuffs and ammunition for that end in Aden.

In the surroundings of Sana'a, the operations have become less fierce, despite vivid movement to get the Scud missiles out of it, in a move that expose the Huthis retreat to Northern Yemen, however, the coalition airstrikes have targeted and destroyed equipment, rocket launching pads, which were destined to be moved to the North of Yemen, he remarked.

He asserted that the operations of the Huthis have been raging for along the whole Southern border of the Kingdom, especially in the sectors of Najran and Jazan, as daily skirmishes continue with sporadic mortar, while the Land Forces, directly, deal with them, to guarantee the safety along the Saudi border.

Naval tasks, Asiri said that the number of battleships will increase, within coming few days, as new battleships will join the coalition navy, while the people committees, tribesmen and other forces loyal to the Yemeni Army will assist in deliverance of provisions to the needy citizena, commenting that checking up operations, on board of all ships, will also continue.
Source: QNA