Hezbollah accused of training, providing equipment to Houthi militia in Yemen
Hezbollah accused of training, providing equipment to Houthi militia in Yemen/node/1335821/middle-east
Hezbollah accused of training, providing equipment to Houthi militia in Yemen
1 / 3
Arab Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Maliki said in a press conference on Monday that the coalition recently destroyed a Houthi communications system. (SPA)
2 / 3
Al-Maliki reiterated the fact that relief efforts inside Yemen continue after continued efforts by Houthis to prevent humanitarian aid reaching different cities and governorates of Yemen. (SPA)
3 / 3
Arab Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Maliki said in a press conference on Monday that the coalition recently destroyed a Houthi communications system. (SPA)
Hezbollah accused of training, providing equipment to Houthi militia in Yemen
Houthis militias suffered heavy losses during the Yemeni army operation
Yemeni forces are in the process of combing through the liberated areas to secure them
Updated 09 July 2018
Arab News
RIYADH: Arab Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Maliki said in a press conference on Monday that the coalition recently destroyed a Houthi communications system that had been provided to them by Hezbollah.
Al-Maliki said coalition forces destroyed targets in five locations, in the mountains of Musbah, Maran, Razah, Al-Maqal and Al-Noa.
Al-Maliki said the coalition also had evidence to suggest "foreign experts" had been carrying out training operations in caves with the Iranian-backed Houthis. He also said the coalition had evidence suggesting Hezbollah had been training elements of the Houthi militia.
Al-Maliki reiterated the fact that relief efforts inside Yemen continue after continued efforts by Houthis to prevent humanitarian aid reaching different cities and governorates of Yemen.
The Saudi press agency also reported on Monday Yemen’s National Army took control of a vital road in western province of Taiz, south-west of Yemen.
“Units of the brigade took control of the road leading to the area of Waza’iyah west of Taiz across the Wadi Al-Aqah area after a successful military operation,” Field commander of Bab Al-Mandab Abu Osama Al-Salhi said, adding that Houthis militias suffered heavy losses.
He said in a statement, quoted by the official Yemeni news agency, that the army forces on the fronts launched an attack on militias positions on the road and were able to liberate the sites in which they were stationed.
He pointed out that forces were in the process of combing through the liberated areas to secure them.
More than 30,000 displaced in Lebanon by Middle East war: UN
Updated 7 sec ago
"As of Monday, more than 31,000 people were being hosted and registered at collective shelters" in Lebanon, Baloch said Many more "slept in their cars on the side of roads, or were still stuck in traffic jams on the roads leaving the south of Beirut"
GENEVA: More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon by the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, the United Nations said Tuesday. Israel is continuing to carry out air raids in Lebanon in a campaign against Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, particularly on the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut and the south of the country, after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. "As of Monday, more than 31,000 people were being hosted and registered at collective shelters" in Lebanon, Babar Baloch, spokesman for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, told AFP. At a press conference in Geneva, he said many more "slept in their cars on the side of roads, or were still stuck in traffic jams on the roads leaving the south of Beirut". Baloch said others were attempting to leave on foot with limited belongings, seeking safety in other areas as the war triggered by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran engulfs the region. "Heavy displacement is being reported across parts of southern Lebanon, the Bekaa and southern suburbs of Beirut, after Israel issued evacuation warnings to the residents of more than 53 Lebanese villages, and intense air strikes across all three parts of Lebanon," he said. Baloch said that on the Lebanon-Syrian border, UNHCR had noticed an increase in regular movements, with a few hundred more Syrian refugees crossing back into Syria. "We have a contingency plan for any possible influx from Lebanon in case things develop," he said.
- 'Nowhere else to turn' -
Hezbollah on Tuesday said it had targeted three Israeli military bases in response to Israeli strikes on the group's strongholds in Lebanon, including the south Beirut suburbs. UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani voiced grave concern at the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon. She cited reports of civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, plus significant re-displacement in southern Lebanon. "We urge both parties to immediately end this major escalation in violence and to return to the agreed ceasefire," she said. The UN's World Food Programme said it had already begun distributing meals to people uprooted by the conflict. "Within hours of shelters opening in Lebanon, WFP was on the ground -- providing hot meals, ready-to-eat rations, and bread to families who had nowhere else to turn," the agency's Middle East regional director Samer Abdeljaber said. Speaking from Cairo, he said the WFP expected the number of people forced from their homes to climb "much higher". The agency is working with the Lebanese government to get an emergency cash safety net up and running for 100,000 people, if the situation deteriorates further. Abdeljaber said the conflict's impact on shipping and air transport were piling pressure on humanitarian supply chains. With airspace and shipping routes choked, WFP is trying to switch to overland corridors from Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
