SANAA, 21 November 2021, (TON): A local military official told media “Yemen’s Joint Forces on the country’s western coast seized control of strategic locations in the provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah.”

Backed by air cover from the Arab coalition warplanes, the Joint Forces announced that they had seized control of Hays district in Hodeidah, including a strategic road that links the provinces of Ibb, Taiz and Hodeidah, shortly after launching an offensive to liberate strategic highlands south and east of the district.

Some military units advanced into the Shamer area in Taiz’s Maqbanah district as other forces announced the liberation of Al-Araf mountain, which overlooks the Al-Bareh district in Taiz.

A military official from the Joint Forces’ Giants Brigades said “we are now in Shamer and are pushing to seize control of Maqbanah-Shamer.”

By seizing control of the main road that links Shamer with Maqbanah, the Joint Forces would effectively cut off Houthi supply routes west of Taiz, and would surround Industrial Al-Bareh, an area that hosts major factories in Taiz province.