Ma’rib Battle: Yemeni Army Close to Retaking City from Saudi-Led Forces - FARS

(FNA)- Victory appears to be on the horizon in the heated battle for Yemen’s strategic Central province of Ma’rib as army troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly taken control of most areas there and dislodged Saudi-led coalition forces and Riyadh-backed militants from those regions.

A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency that Yemeni soldiers and their allies had encircled Ma’rib city, following weeks of fierce clashes with Saudi-led coalition forces and their mercenaries.

The source added that Yemeni forces had cut off the main supply route into the Eastern flank of Ma’rib, which leads to the Arab country’s largest province of Hadhramaut.