AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s army on Wednesday announced it had partially broken a six-year siege of the southern city of Taiz by the Iran-backed Houthis. Yemeni army commanders attributed Houthi setbacks in Taiz to long attrition by army troops and the rebels’ mobilization of their highly trained military units in the central province of Marib. Nabil Shamsan, ordered his troops in Taiz to press ahead with their military offensive until the Houthi siege had been ended. Yemen’s Defense Ministry said that army troops and allied tribesmen scored limited military gains on different fronts in the province of Marib. The army seized control of a mountain in Al-Kasara, west of Marib, after killing, wounding, and capturing dozens of Houthis.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2021 21:46 UTC