Yemeni forces retake key military camp outside capital

The Yemeni army and allies forces have retaken a strategic military camp outside Sana’a four days after it fell to Saudi-backed mercenaries.

According to Press TV correspondent, the Yemeni forces on Monday won back the Fardhat Nahm military camp, located 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Sana’a, repelling an attempt by the Saudi-led forces to advance into the capital.

Sources have told him that some 250 militants were killed in the clashes, Mohammad al-Attab said.

Saudi-led forces seized the camp, located on one of the defense lines for the capital, on Thursday under the cover of the kingdom's airstrikes.

On Tuesday, Saudi warplanes bombed various areas across its impoverished neighbor, claiming the lives of at least three people in the Yemeni province of Sa’ada.

The deaths came after Saudi fighter jets targeted a car in the Ghamar district of Sada’a Province early on Tuesday, Yemen’s al-Masirah television reported. The report said Saudi military aircraft also launched four air raids on Razih district in the same province, destroying several residential buildings.

Elsewhere in the western province of Amran, Saudi airstrikes hit a cement factory, injuring two people and causing heavy damage to the factory.

The provinces of Hudaydah and Sana’a were also hit in the Saudi air attacks. There were no immediate reports of possible casualties.

EA