The UAE troops fighting within a Saudi-dominated Arab coalition to restore the legitimate regime in Yemen have sent large reinforcements to Taiz from their base in Aden as a major offensive to seize the Southwestern town draws closer.Military sources, quoted by Yemen’s news network Marib Press, said “scores” of UAE military vehicles have left Aden towards Al Anad, Yemen’s biggest airbase which has just been rehabilitated by the UAE and other coalition forces.
“Scores of military vehicles belonging to the UAE troops left Aden on Sunday heading for Al Anad air base in Lahij governorate,” a military source told the network.
The sources said the vehicles could then proceed towards Kirsh area, close to Taiz, where the coalition and the national Yemeni army and resistance have been massing troops to attack the Iranian-backed Houthis and their allies.
Yemeni and coalition officials have said that military preparations have almost been completed for a final offensive to end Taiz siege and take full control of the city, where more than 1,500 people have been killed in Houthi random shelling in the past nine months. Hundreds of hospitals, schools and other facilities have also been destroyed.