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Dubai: Huthi rebels have gained ground east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in what the defence minister acknowledged as a “tactical withdrawal” by government loyalists.
Renewed fighting, which entered its ninth day on Saturday, allowed the rebels to retake loyalist positions, loyalist commanders told AFP. “Some of these positions had been under government control for three years”, one of the commanders said.
Defence Minister General Mohammed Ali al-Maqdishi implicitly recognised the rebels’ advance in the Nihm area, in comments published by the official Saba news agency. Maqdishi spoke of a “tactical withdrawal from some positions”, during a meeting on Friday with loyalist commanders.
The loyalist forces would be redeployed to open a new front against the rebels, Maqdishi said, claiming that “the battle to liberate Sanaa has become inevitable”. (AFP)
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