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Coalition Pounds Yemen Rebels, Sets Sights On Capital by Nobody: 7:14am On Aug 30, 2015 |
ADEN: Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition
hit Yemen rebel positions Saturday as
reinforcements reached pro-government
forces preparing for an anticipated advance
toward the capital, military sources said.
Apache helicopters struck a base occupied by
rebel forces near Bayhan, in the southern
province of Shabwa, hours after fighter jets
targeted a convoy of the Iran-backed Houthi
rebels in the area, a military source said.
Warplanes also pounded arms depots in the
rebel-held capital Sanaa, according to
witnesses.
Bayhan borders the eastern province of Marib,
where military reinforcements have arrived
from Saudi Arabia to bolster forces loyal to
exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi,
military sources said.
Armored vehicles have crossed the Wadia
border point in Hadramawt province, heading
to Marib, where loyalists are preparing a large
offensive, a military official told AFP.
The coalition has also deployed eight Apache
helicopters that will be based at the Safir oil
fields, the official said.
The operation, aimed at driving the Houthis out
of Marib and pushing west toward the capital,
will begin in the next few days, the official said
requesting anonymity.
Bolstered by coalition air power and newly
trained troops, Hadi loyalists have driven
rebels out of Yemen’s second city Aden and
four other southern provinces and are now
fighting for control of the third city of Taez.
In March, Houthi rebels and troops loyal to
former president Ali Abdullah Saleh advanced
on Aden, where Hadi had taken refuge after
escaping house arrest in Sanaa.
Hadi later fled to Riyadh, which assembled an
Arab coalition that mounted a fierce air
campaign against the rebels.
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