Twenty-five Houthi rebels were killed in fierce clashes with the Southern Joint Forces in Yemen on Wednesday.
Troops from the Arab Coaltion-aligned forces launched a large-scale attack and drove the Iran-backed Houthis from sites in the southern Al Aoud area, said Capt Fuad Jubari, a spokesman for Al Dhalea Military Axis.
The area is on the borders of Al Dhalea and Ibb provinces.
Capt Jubari said the forces captured strategic sites including the hills of Al Hawa and Kuroud, and the plains of Al Batha.
Five soldiers from the Southern Forces died in the clashes, which lasted more than nine hours.
“Dozens of the Houthi fighters surrendered themselves after a strict siege around their sites by our forces,” Capt Jubari said.
He said the raid thwarted the rebels’ plans to push towards sites controlled by the Southern Forces in the north of Al Dhalea.
This week, the forces killed a high-ranking Houthi commander and five troops in Al Fakher, Ibb province, a source in the Southern Forces told The National.
The source said the commander was Sufyan Saleh, 55, a leader in Ibb province.
He said Saleh was a member of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee and was responsible for recruiting thousands of child soldiers from Ibb to fight in Al Dhalea.
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
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