The Houthis launched a new cross-border attack on the Saudi military’s positions in the Kingdom’s southern province of Jizan on March 27. In the course of the attack, Houthi fighters captured several positions in the town of al-Asasiyah and the area of al-Ruq’a.
The media wing of the Yemeni rebel group released an 8-minute video of the attack. In the video, Houthi fighters can be seen storming the positions of the Saudi military and capturing weapons and other military equipment.
“We enter the fifth year [of war on Yemen], God’s willing, with a victory … We are ready and prepared for any option our leader Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi wants to bet on,” a field commander of the Houthis says in the end of the attack video.
The Houthis attack in southern Jizan represents yet another major blow to the Saudi-led coalition, which has been trying to secure the Saudi-Yemeni border for more than five years now.
More on this topic:
