Yemen: US Fails in Rescue Attempt for ISIS Leader
TEHRAN (FNA)- A US airborne operation to rescue a senior ISIL leader in Southern Zobab city in Ta’iz province failed after the Yemeni army and popular forces killed the terrorist commander, Arab media reports disclosed on Thursday.
“Abu Ayoub al-Ansari was killed by the Yemeni army and popular forces before the US helicopter could rescue take him out of the battlefield, the Arabic-language media outlest,” Alalam quoted an unnamed military source as saying on Thursday.
Meantime, another ISIL leader, Abu Hameh, was also killed by the Yemeni army.
In a relevant development in early March, Ansarullah sources revealed that Saudi Arabia has hatched plots to assassinate the senior leaders of Yemen’s revolution.
“Saudi Arabia is plotting to assassinate leaders of Ansarullah movement and Yemeni revolution,” Colonel Hassan Zaidi, a field commander of Ansarullah, told FNA.
“Saudi Arabia is leading and supporting the terrorist operations in Yemen and wants to omit the leaders of Yemen revolution and it has masterminded the recent assassinations in Aden and Ta’iz provinces,” he added.
Saudi Arabia which has faced failure in Yemen after waging a one-year-long war against its Arab neighbor has now resorted to assassination of Yemen’s popular revolution to bring back its fugitive ally, Mansour Hadi, back to power, he continued.
Houthi forces seize strategic district in Taiz
On Saturday morning, the Houthi-led forces reportedly overran the entire Al-Waziyah district, while securing several strategic locations south of the Taiz Governorate after battling the Saudi-led Coalition and pro-Hadi forces for weeks.
According to the Yemen-based “Al-Masirah News”, the Yemeni Army, in coordination with Popular Committees, have fully overran the government complex and the centre of the Al-Waziyah District after conducting a military operation in Taiz.
A military source added that Houthi forces have also secured the Al-Ahyouq Junction, which connects the Al-Waziyah Distrct with the coastal city of Dhubab. He added that the Yemeni Armed Forces have seized the local stadium, the villages of Al-Sheikh and Hannat, and a number of highlands where the pro-Hadi forces were stationed. He noted that the battle in Al-Waziyah has resulted in a high casualty count among the Saudi and Hadi forces.
The Hadi loyalists cited the scarcity of ammunition and the lack of support from the Saudi-led Coalition as the reason behind their withdrawal. It is noteworthy to mention that this news also comes after a special report from an Al-Masirah correspondent, which pointed out that the Coalition forces reportedly withdrew their military support for the Hadi forces by retreating from Al-Turbah in Aden.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/houthi-forces-seize-strategic-district-taiz/ | Al-Masdar News
