Saudi/UAE-led
Popular Resistance forces claimed to have made strategic gains in eastern Mareb
on Friday after fierce battles in Nakhla area in the oil-rich province with
Houthi and pro-Saleh forces, Asharq
Al-Awasat reported today.
“Fighting
continued for more than three hours and different types of heavy weapons were
employed in addition to aerial bombardment,” a source told the Pan-Arab
newspaper.
AFP today
also quoted a coalition official as saying that the offensive in Mareb province
is making “slow but steady” progress.
Meanwhile,
Saudi-led coalition intensified air raids on Sanaa on Friday, hitting a
Republican Guard base and a military depot in south and west of capital.
Photo
credit: A UAE/Saudi-led coalition military vehicle drives through rocky terrain
during an offensive against Houthi positions in Mareb province; 15 September
2015 (EPA/Asraq Al-Awsat)
