Yemeni forces retook strategic port-city of Mokha

24.01.2017 - 10:58 #Yemen, #Houthi, #City Mokha
Witnesses claim bodies are lying on sideroads through the city

Pro-government forces in Yemen, with the support of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday took control of the port city of Mokha on the Red Sea

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Seif al-Yafai said in press remarks that his forces have entered the city of Mokha, where dozens of families were seen fleeing days of clashes and bombardment. Dozens of fighters were killed as the bodies of the slain men littered streets and sidewalks, witnesses said.

Mokha, one of Yemen’s oldest ports, is seen as a weapons lifeline to the militias and their allies — who control the capital, Sanaa, and much of the northern region.

A Saudi-led military coalition is backing the government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and seeking to restore him to power.

The assault on Mokha aims at securing the entire western coastline including the ports of Hodeida and al-Saleef — which the northern region depends on for imports of basic food necessities and which the coalition also believes are main transit points for weapons coming from Iran.

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Source: Al Arabiya

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