The Yemeni army said it has retaken new areas south of Marib province in central Yemen after fierce clashes with Iran-backed Houthi rebels over the past 24 hours.
“Units of the army and the Popular Resistance forces launched a ground offensive attack and managed to [take] the positions of Yameen Al Raddah and Al Faliha where the Iran-backed Houthi militia was stationed,” the Yemeni army's media centre said.
It also said the overnight attack left a number of Houthi fighters dead and wounded and destroyed and damaged military vehicles and combat equipment belonging to the rebels.
‘The battle will be resolved soon’
Earlier on Monday, the Yemeni Army Chief of Staff Saghir bin Aziz said the armed forces, with the support of the Saudi-led coalition, would “soon resolve the battle against the Houthi militia”.
Fighting intensified on the ground in Marib late on Monday after the army and the pro-government militias attacked on three fronts in the southern and western parts of the province in the country's north-east.
Since February 2021, the rebels have intensified their attacks on Marib, which is rich in oil and gas, despite several international and UN warnings on the dangers faced by thousands of displaced people living in the province.
Currently, up to 3 million people live in the city of Marib, including about a million who fled from Houthi advances in other areas in Yemen.
The Houthis were behind deadly cross-border attacks against the UAE in recent weeks after suffering a series of battlefield defeats at the hands of Emirati-trained pro-government forces.
Yemen's civil war broke out in 2014 when the Iran-backed rebels seized Sanaa, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene a year later to prop up the internationally recognised government.
UAE - India ties
The UAE is India’s third-largest trade partner after the US and China
Annual bilateral trade between India and the UAE has crossed US$ 60 billion
The UAE is the fourth-largest exporter of crude oil for India
Indians comprise the largest community with 3.3 million residents in the UAE
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi first visited the UAE in August 2015
His visit on August 23-24 will be the third in four years
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, visited India in February 2016
Sheikh Mohamed was the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in January 2017
Modi will visit Bahrain on August 24-25
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UK-EU trade at a glance
EU fishing vessels guaranteed access to UK waters for 12 years
Co-operation on security initiatives and procurement of defence products
Youth experience scheme to work, study or volunteer in UK and EU countries
Smoother border management with use of e-gates
Cutting red tape on import and export of food
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SANCTIONED
- Kirill Shamalov, Russia's youngest billionaire and previously married to Putin's daughter Katarina
- Petr Fradkov, head of recently sanctioned Promsvyazbank and son of former head of Russian Foreign Intelligence, the FSB.
- Denis Bortnikov, Deputy President of Russia's largest bank VTB. He is the son of Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB which was responsible for the poisoning of political activist Alexey Navalny in August 2020 with banned chemical agent novichok.
- Yury Slyusar, director of United Aircraft Corporation, a major aircraft manufacturer for the Russian military.
- Elena Aleksandrovna Georgieva, chair of the board of Novikombank, a state-owned defence conglomerate.
Punchy appearance
Roars of support buoyed Mr Johnson in an extremely confident and combative appearance
