Yemen: Fighting intensifies in al-Jawf province, leaving 28 dead

28 people have lost ir lives when fighting intensified between Yemen's government forces and Houthi group in country's al-Jawf province. Out of 28 people, 18 people belonged to Houthi group and rest were members of government forces. A local military official who chose to be anonymous was quoted by ANI saying that “armed confrontations that began on late Sunday are still taking place between government troops and Houthi group over control of key areas in al-Jawf province”. 

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Yemen war intensifies 

official told ANI that government forces wanted to get done with Houthis from all strategic areas in al-Jawf. He said, " Houthis staged a stiff resistance and succeeded in impeding progress of government forces in al-Jawf til moment”. According to a local Yemeni military official Houthis h me progress on-ground and h also captured areas in neighbouring oil-rich province of Marib. This is when Saudi Arabia intervened and carried out a series of airstrikes against Houthi-led areas in al-Jawf and Marib provinces. Saudi-led coalition reportedly intercepted and destroyed a remotely-controlled bomb-len boat in south of Red Sea on August 30. Coalition spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Malki said that Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) was launched by Iran-backed Houthis from Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, according to Saudi’s state news agency SPA.

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spokesperson reportedly accused Houthi militants of blatant violation of international humanitarian law and Stockholm Agreement’s ceasefire provisions. According to SPA, Joint Forces Command of coalition claimed that Houthis are using port city as a ballistic-missile, bomb-len UAV, USV launch site, and a point of indiscriminate deployment of naval mines. Over 100,000 people have lost ir lives in ongoing civil war and millions depend on international food aid, making it one of biggest humanitarian crises. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres h me an appeal for an immediate global ceasefire fearing a collapse of health systems in war-ravaged countries amid COVID-19 pandemic.

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(With imputs from ANI)

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