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| Sanaa Governor: Next target to expel rebels |
| 2015-12-23 |
| Yemen’s national army and resistance in Sanaa governorate have completed preparations for an offensive to expel coup rebels with the help of the Arab coalition and other pro-regime forces, the governor of Sanaa has said. “Liberating Sanaa from the coup militias is our next target…we are ready for this battle,” Sheikh Abdul Qawi Shareef told the Saudi daily Okaz. “The national army and the resistance are now ready to carry out a plan to restore legitimacy in the capital and eliminate challenges facing its residents.” Qawi said the army and resistance have seized some areas in the governorate over the past days and that the Iranian-backed insurgents have suffered heavy losses. “Many of them were killed or wounded while a large number of their military vehicles were destroyed…the morale of their fighters is in shambles.” Qawi said they have received instructions from Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to “preserve the property of the people and help them.” “We also have instructions to welcome and help anyone who comes to us and abandons those militias…the army and the resistance are part of the people and will never target any civilian who come to them,” he said. |
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