Houthis push back towards Aden

[Jefferson23]

Houthis retake several key positions lost in southern Yemen in past months



Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, during a battle in the country this past week (AFP)

The Houthis have regained several positions lost in recent months across southern Yemen, in a fresh push towards the Gulf-backed government's temporary headquarters in the port city of Aden, military sources said on Sunday.

In Lahj province, which borders Aden, sources told AFP that Houthi fighters are now positioned on a hill overlooking the strategic Al-Anad airbase.

The base at present houses Sudanese forces from a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the Houthis across Yemen since March.

The Houthi deployment near Al-Anad, which took place without fighting, "poses a real danger to pro-government and coalition forces," a military source told AFP.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/houthis-retake-positions-southern-yemen-1305781777

[bemildred]

1. Saudis, Allies Proclaim Victory in Yemen, Analyst Says It's Not Over Yet

According to the leaders of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, military operations have entered their final stage in the civil war-torn Arabian nation of Yemen, but senior Moscow-based analyst Maxim Shepovalenko believes the Houthis have no intention of giving up yet.

Earlier last week at the International Institute of Strategic Studies' (IISS) Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and his Yemeni counterpart agreed in their opinions that the coalition's military operations in Yemen have entered their final stage.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151108/1029766356/saudi-led-arab-coalition-yemen.html

[bemildred]

2. Iran-backed rebels recapture positions in south Yemen

ADEN (Yemen) - Yemen's Iran-backed rebels have regained several positions lost in recent months across the country's south, in a fresh push towards the Gulf-backed government's temporary headquarters in port city Aden, military sources said Sunday.

In Lahj province, which borders Aden, rebels are now positioned on a hill overlooking the strategic Al-Anad airbase, according to the sources.

The base currently houses Sudanese forces from a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling rebels across Yemen since March.

The rebel deployment near Al-Anad, which took place without fighting, "poses a real danger to pro-government and coalition forces," a military source said.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=73920

[bemildred]

3. Houthi rebels take district in Dali province from pro Hadi forces

Yemen’s Houthi fighters, backed by allied army units, have taken a district in the southwestern part of the war-stricken country.

Yemeni forces took the district, which was controlled by forces loyal to the former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, in the southwestern province of Dali', after fierce clashes on Saturday.

Yemen’s al-Masirah TV, meanwhile, said Houthi fighters and the army units sank another Saudi military vessel in the country’s southwestern waters as it was sailing off the coast of Mocha in the Red Sea.

It was not immediately clear how the allied forces managed to sink the vessel but it came hours after two Saudi boats were destroyed in the same area by rounds of Katyusha rockets fired from the positions of Houthi and the Yemeni army on the mainland.

http://www.albawaba.com/news/houthi-rebels-take-district-dali-province-pro-hadi-forces-765368

[bemildred]

4. Pro-Houthi forces recapture town in southern Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Shiite Houthi group backed by army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh recaptured Sunday a town near Yemen's southern province of al-Dhalea after fierce battles with pro-government fighters, a military official said.

"After three days of fierce battles with pro-government fighters, the pro-Houthi forces have taken full control over Damt town near the southern province of al-Dhalea that has been taken from Houthis months ago," the local military official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

"The Houthi gunmen were deployed in Damt entrances and some snipers topped over the buildings while military checkpoints were set everywhere," the military source said, adding that "Saudi-led warplanes shelled some Houthi-held sites in the same area."

A medical source confirmed that dozens of people from both sides were either killed or wounded during the three-day battles.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/08/c_134795439.htm

[Jefferson23]

5. Thank you for all the additional links, bemildred.

[bemildred]

6. +1.

News you can use from Yemen is hard to come by.

But I think the Houthis are no longer in retreat. And another storm is coming.

[Jefferson23]

7. Afraid so, nothing good is coming up it seems. sigh. n/t

[Marrah_G]

8. Yet another fucked up militant group

Scary group, just like the Taliban, BokuHarem and ISIL.

Their motto is ""God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam".