Ansarullah Counterattack in Yemens' Taiz Leaves Dozen Saudi-Led Forces Dead

Rasa - Yemeni Ansarullah movement conducted a counterattack against Saudi-led forces in Al-Salou district of Taiz province, media reports said.

News ID: 430308

Date: 13 June 2017 - 21:56

RNA - The counter-attack by the Yemeni popular forces came two days after the Saudi-funded militants loyal to ousted president Hadi managed to advance in the area capturing a number of sites, Al Masdar reported.

The counterattack, however, proved successful as the Yemeni Popolar Committees had recaptured all the points killing and injuring more than 20 enemy soldiers in the process.

Saudi Arabia has been leading a brutal military campaign against Yemen for more than two years to eliminate the Ansarullah movement and reinstall a Riyadh-friendly former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The military campaign, however, has failed to achieve its goals and left over 14,000 Yemenis dead.

The Ansarullah movement, backed by the army and popular forces, has been defending Yemen against the protracted Saudi war. The movement has also been running state affairs since 2014, when Hadi resigned and fled to Riyadh, further destabilizing the country, which was already grappling with threats from al-Qaeda terrorists.

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