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Four major tribes strike non-aggression agreement with Ansarullah fighters in Yemen’s Ma’rib

Saturday, 12 September 2020 10:16 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 12 September 2020 10:37 AM ]

Yemeni Houthi tribesmen stand during a protest against a decision by the United Arab Emirates to normalize ties with Israel, in Sana’a, Yemen, on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)

Major Yemeni tribes, previously sponsored by Saudi Arabia waging a devastating war on the impoverished Arab country, have signed a non-aggression agreement with fighters from the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement in the strategic central province of Ma’rib.

Lebanese Arabic-language al-Akhbar newspaper, citing local sources, reported that four tribes recently took the decision to spare their areas from fierce fighting between Saudi-backed mercenaries loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur and Ansarullah fighters, stressing that talks are underway with other tribes to sign similar deals.

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The report added that the pact comes as the Houthis have already established control over ten districts of Ma’rib province’s 14 districts.

Local sources said the Ansarullah fighters have seized the strategic al-Sadara area as well as al-Kula region, adding that violent clashes were taking place between Hadi loyalists and the Houthis backed by tribesmen in the al-Manqil area near the city of al-Jawba.

Saudi airstrikes hit military site in Sana’a province

Separately, Saudi warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes against a military camp in Yemen’s capital province of Sana'a.

The Yemeni Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported that the war planes launched six air raids against the Military Engineering Department in Sa’wan area of the Shu'aub district early on Saturday.

There was no immediate report of casualties.

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The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives.

Saudi jets also struck a farm in Saraf village of the Bani Hushaysh district in the same Yemeni province. No reports of casualties and the extent of damage were quickly available though.

Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi’s government back to power.

The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives for more than the past five years.

The Houthi movement, backed by the armed forces, has been defending Yemen against the Saudi-led alliance, preventing the aggressors from fulfilling the “objectives” of their devastating war.

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