Hadi said the advances against Houthi militias were made possible thanks to the members of the Popular Resistance as well as the national army.
Yemeni sources said that that Hadi was closely monitoring the developments in Yemen.
On Monday, pro-Hadi forces seized the country’s largest military base from the Iranian-backed Houthi militias after heavy clashes which left dozens killed or captured.
The recapture of the al-Anad military base opens up the road north to the city of Taez, where Houthi militias have been locked in combat with local fighters siding with Hadi.
Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition that has been pursuing an air campaign inside Yemen since March against the Houthis.
The Houthis control the capital, Sanaa, and northern parts of the deeply impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation.
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- Loyalist forces retake Yemen's biggest airbase from rebels...
Fighters loyal to Yemen's exiled president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi seized the country's largest military base from Houthi forces on Monday after heavy combat in which dozens were killed or captured, a pro-Hadi commander said.
If confirmed, the victory would mark another significant gain for the Hadi loyalists after they drove the Houthis from the southern port of Aden in July following months on the defensive.
The recapture of the al-Anad base also opens up the road north to the city of Taiz, where Iranian-allied Houthi militias have been locked in combat with local fighters siding with Hadi.
Hadi remains in Saudi Arabia, where he fled in March as the Houthis closed in on his refuge in Aden. The Houthis had broken out of their northern strongholds and seized control of the capital Sanaa in September, plunging Yemen into another bout of conflict.
"The national army and the popular resistance have completed control of the al-Anad military and air base," the operation commander, Brigadier-General Fadel Hassan, told Reuters by telephone.
He said dozens of Houthis were killed or captured during hours of clashes, while hundreds have fled. His forces were combing the base, which covers an area of 40 square km (15 square miles) for any Houthis who may have remained behind...................http://www.france24.com/en/20150804-hadi-forces-retake-yemen-airbase-saudi-coalition-houthi-rebels
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Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'driven from key al-Anad airbase'...
ReplyDeletePro-government forces in Yemen have retaken the country's largest airbase in a battle with Houthi rebels, a spokesman for the forces told the BBC.
Heavy casualties have been reported at al-Anad airbase, north of Aden, after intense fighting there in recent days.
It comes after pro-government forces, backed by air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition, retook Aden in July..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33772170