Houthi: Yemeni Armed Forces, Allies Will Soon Liberate Ma’rib, Other Regions - FARS

(FNA)- A high-ranking member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council said Yemeni armed forces and their allied fighters from Popular Committees will soon liberate the strategic central province of Mar’ib as well as other regions from the grip of Saudi-led coalition forces and their mercenaries.

 “God willing, Ma’rib and other regions will be liberated soon. We are withstanding a campaign of aggression and war, which Saudi Arabia, [the United States of] America, Britain, France, the United Arab Emirates and others have imposed on us…,” Mohammad Ali al-Houthi said on Monday.

He added that Saudi and Emirati paramilitary forces, militants loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Sudanese mercenaries, and mercenaries from the US-based private military firm, Academi – formerly known as Blackwater – in addition to other foreign troops have been fighting against Yemeni forces.

“We are in a suitable position to defend our land and counter occupation,” Houthi pointed out.

Over the past few weeks, Ma’rib has been the scene of large-scale operations by Yemeni troops and allied Popular Committees fighters, who are pushing against Saudi-sponsored pro-Hadi militants.