Yemen Civil War News and Discussion.. an evolving situation

[battalion25]

Alot of houthi decfections like this one..

I announced my defection from the Houthi militias. I bear witness to God that there is nothing from them but oppression, deceit, lies, and superstition...

As the ancients said, no matter what services you provide them, in the end they will look at you with a jaundiced eye and say that you are not from the bellies...

May God curse your fathers, fathers of the bellies. I bear witness to God that you are not Yemenis

 

[battalion25]

Taiz fighters are witnessing strange phenononen amongst the houthis like withdrawals, infightings, and collapsing from the within.


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From Amin Al-Qahtani (From the Taiz frontline)

God is Great.. The collapse has begun from within

The Houthi militia has begun to disintegrate and collapse from within on the Taiz fronts..

We're no longer the only ones attacking them..

But they are fleeing from each other.*First: Mass withdrawals - nonstop flight:**On the Maqbanah front:*Just in the past week, two entire groups withdrew from their positions on the western Maqbanah front.

They left their weapons and abandoned their trenches, fleeing toward Al-Barah. The reason? They say: "We don't want to die for a losing battle in Taiz."

Their fighters tell their commanders: Taiz is a graveyard.. We don't want to be buried in it.

*On the Al-Aqrad and Al-Masarakh front:* The Al-Aqrad front has seen repeated withdrawals.

Their supervisors arrive in the morning, and by night they flee.

They no longer hold their ground. The mountains devour them, and terror pursues them. Every position they lose, they never return to.

*On the Al-Shaqb and Sabr front:* Here, the largest cases of flight were recorded.

More than one position was evacuated without fighting. They left it because they know staying means certain death at the hands of the Sabr snipers and the men of Al-Shaqb.

*Second: Internal rifts - devouring each other:*

This is the fatal blow.. The militia is no longer one hand in Taiz.- Sharp disputes between Saada supervisors and Dhamar supervisors on the Khadir front..

Each accuses the other of betrayal and flight.. And a fistfight broke out two days ago at one of the positions.- Groups from the sons of the areas they forcibly brought began to defect and return to their villages..

They say: "They tricked us.. They told us we'd go on a picnic.. And we found ourselves in the hell of Taiz."- Field commanders refuse to carry out attack orders.. They say: "We send people's sons to die..

While we sit in the back." And this is the cause of a major internal rift.

*Third: Why are they fleeing and defecting now? - 3 reasons that terrify them:**

1- Daily attrition killed them:* They don't die in a big battle.. They die every day.. Every hour.. Sniper fire.. Ambush.. IED.. Their morale died before their bodies did.

*2- Taiz is no longer what they expected:*They thought Taiz would welcome them.. But they found every house an enemy.. Every child an enemy.. Every mountain an enemy.. The feeling that the entire land hates you is a terrifying feeling that causes flight.

*3- They know the end is near:*They hear that Marib is being liberated.. That Hodeidah is on the move.. That Sana'a is rising up from within.. So they say: Why should we die here in the mountains of Taiz for a group that's finished? Better to flee and save ourselves.

 

[battalion25]

This guy defected from the houthis in anger with the remaining of his unit joining the taiz defense forces after him and the remaining of his unit were left for dead..

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After the Houthi (inability) to compensate for (his losses) on the battlefronts He has begun (to enlist) officials from his security apparatus in Sana'a to bolster the Taiz front..And this is an indicator of the extent of the depletion within his ranks

 

[battalion25]

1- Houthi Recruitment and Losses, Which Are Increasing, Praise Be to God:

Reports of the Houthis expanding forced recruitment to include school and university students to compensate for losses on the Taiz and western coast fronts, with approximately 3,000 bodies remaining in the cooling facilities of Dhamar Hospital.

2- "Dawn of Yemen" Operation Approaches 20,000 Targets


3- The Coalition Announces the Destruction of 127 Houthi Weapons Depots

4- Arrest of Five Houthis in Western Taiz and Depletion of Houthi Field Commanders Including Houthi Security Officials Among Them:
1- Akram Al-Mutawakkil;
General Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department in the Ministry of Interior Affiliated with the Houthis
2- Muhammad Said Mahyoub Al-Janid: A Prominent Official in the Houthi Preventive Security Apparatus

 

[battalion25]

 

[battalion25]

They blasted wallpapers on the walls to refute any lies from the Houthis that indeed Bab al-mandab, Mayyun Islands and Dhobad airport is indded in the hands of the Giants brigade.

National Shield Forces publish scenes from their garrison at Dhobab Airport in Bab al-Mandab

 

[Haz]

They blasted wallpapers on the walls to refute any lies from the Houthis that indeed Bab al-mandab, Mayyun Islands and Dhobad airport is indded in the hands of the Giants brigade.

National Shield Forces publish scenes from their garrison at Dhobab Airport in Bab al-Mandab

Now this is actually a legit confirmation that they still hold Dhu Bab airport in the south west corner of Yemen at Bab Al-mandab. Plenty of actual fighters with military vehicles casually lounging around without any sound of firefights in the background is a good indication that it's in their firm control, along with surrounding areas most likely. Speaker says the date is Thursday Oct 15.

Looks like the situation map on LiveUA is wrong. The bigger worry though would be losing large population centers like Taiz, that's more critical and harder to get back once you lose it than open sparsely populated areas. Reinforcements should be prioritized there instead of the long open coast line that can be more easily taken over at any time once you have momentum.

 

[Mobius]

4 Yemeni army mujahideen were able to defeat the army of the House of Saud

 

[mythbuster]

Now it's a battle between Battalion and Arab Persian/ gulf ... let's see who comes on top .

 

[Mobius]

 

[Mobius]

 

[Mobius]

Ambush of high quality for Saudi army mechanisms in #AlJawf

 

[Mobius]

By God the Almighty, what a downfall—we were the richest people, and now our youth are racing in the streets for aid convoys and canned goods because of hunger and the daily rocket crisis And the flies are just sitting there lying, saying the situation is fine! See the video with your own eyes.

 

[Mobius]

Najdi rats escaping.....

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Do you not agree that the most recent round of fighting between Saudi Arabia and Ansarullah started when Saudi Arabia bombed Sanaa airport with a delegation returning from Iran?

If not the above, I’d like to hear what you believe is the cause of the fighting restarting.

But back to the attack on Sanaa Airport by the Saudis - there is speculation that Trump and/or Netanyahu either forced or convinced MBS to carry out this attack, in order to tie down the Houthis and/or impact the Iranian theater in someway the runup to this threat to ‘bomb Iran into the stoneage’

If true, I’m not sure if the extent of the Houthi response was known/divulged to all/some parties. So loads of room to speculate with actual events on the ground.