SANA'A, 05 July 2021, (TON): Government and military officials said that government troops and local tribesmen liberated several villages and hilly locations in the central province of Al-Bayda during the second day of a military offensive to push Houthis from the area.

Yemen’s Information Minister Mu’amar Al-Eryani said that government troops scored major victories in Al-Bayda after liberating mountains, villages and other military locations, mainly in the Humaiqan area in Al-Zaher district, west of Al-Bayda, adding that loyalists cut off supply lines to pockets of Houthis in Al-Zaher, Al-Jamajem and Al-Nasefa and government forces were still fighting their way into new areas.

The Yemeni minister said “we commend the great role of the tribal leaders and tribesmen and all the honorable people who supported the heroes of the national army and the popular resistance in the major military operation (in the province).”

Yemen’s army started a new offensive to liberate Al-Bayda from the Houthis and relieve pressure on the government forces battling the Houthis in the neighboring Marib province.