Yemeni government forces prepare for a fight against the Houthi militia in Haradh District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)
HAJJAH, Yemen, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni government army on Friday advanced into the northern district of Harad near the Saudi Arabian border, recapturing a military camp, a village, and a series of strategic border mountains from the Houthi militia.
"The operation began at dawn with heavy support from warplanes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition backing the Yemeni government forces," a Yemeni military source on the front line told Xinhua in Harad in the northwestern province of Hajjah.
Yemeni government forces prepare for a fight against the Houthi militia in Haradh District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)
The operation came simultaneously with another offensive launched by the Yemeni army to recapture districts in the oil-rich province of Marib in central Yemen.
Last month, the Houthi militia lost several districts in the southeastern province of Shabwa.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of several northern provinces and forced the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
Yemeni government forces prepare for a fight against the Houthi militia in Haradh District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 million, and pushed the country to the brink of famine. ■
