US State Department: Houthis attack on Ma’rib leads to escalation in all parts of Yemen

The US State Department’s Office of Near East Affairs said on Saturday that the Houthi attack on Ma’rib is leading to an escalation in all of Yemen, stressing that the work of the International Red Cross is “extremely important”.

The office indicated via Twitter that the US correspondent in Yemen, Tim Lenderking, met with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, to discuss the urgent need to stop the fighting and provide assistance to those in need.

For its part, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Saturday the implementation of a qualitative operation in Sanaa, Saada and Marib that destroyed 13 military targets of the Houthi militia.

The coalition said the objectives included weapons depots, air defense systems and communications to launch marches, noting that the qualitative operation in Sana’a, Saada and Marib prepared the operational environment for immediate response to threats.

Previously, the coalition had announced the implementation of 15 militia targets in Marib and Al-Bayda in the past 24 hours, noting the destruction of an air defense system and 11 militia military vehicles in Marib and the killing of more than 70 militia members. in Marib and Al-Bayda.

The coalition added: We targeted 19 militias on the west coast to support coastal forces and protect civilians, noting that operations on the west coast targeted a command and control center, as well as a place to store and direct drones.

The coalition added: “We support the operations of Yemeni forces on the west coast outside the texts of the Stockholm agreement.”

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