Sana’a: Yemeni Prime Minister Khalid Bahah has promised resistance forces will ‘soon’ liberate Sana’a during a meeting with military and civilian leaders in the Marib governorate on Sunday.
He praised the resistance fighters in Marib as the ‘backbone of the resistance’ in the country.
Bahah was in Marib to supervise military preparations to liberate the remaining governorates under Iran-backed Al Houthi control and to also assess the needs of the citizens there.
Resistance fighters backed by Arab coalition forces are currently conducting a military offensive to liberate Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city.
Taiz is one of the few remaining governorates under Al Houthi control, after they suffered a string of losses to coalition forces. The capital Sana’a is still occupied, but military experts believe Taiz is the gateway
to Sana’a and once Taiz falls, Al Houthis will quickly surrender.
Resistance forces backed by coalition troops have made progress in the past few days and are now in control of Rahida on the southern outskirts of Taiz.
Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in Aden last week to oversee the military campaign.
At least 5,500 Yemenis have been killed in the conflict which intensified in March after a Saudi-led coalition decided to step in to liberate the Yemeni people after Iran-backed Al Houthi militants took over and placed Hadi under house arrest. He later escaped and fled to Riyadh where he ruled in exile.
