Sanaa, 5 December – Houthi movement sources say they are engaged in heavy fighting with invading Saudi troops inside the al-Jawf provinc, aided by the local population. Sources from the Yemeni Houthi movement report that Saudi Arabian armed forces are continuing their offensive in northern Yemen targeting the civilian population far inside Yemen with at least 13 air strikes which released as many as 115 missiles yesterday and today. These reports, although they could not be independently verified, correspond with actions taken by the Saudi armed forces on their side, where they have practically emptied more than 200 villages deemed to near to the border, deporting the Saudi civilian population into refugee camps, which government sources say are very well equipped. By contrast, on the Yemeni side the mainly three refugee camps, to which the up to 175.000 displaced and expelled Yemeni citizens have fled, are in terrible conditions and many children are reported to have died from lack of food and medicine. The Saudi move is in line with the government's declarations that it wants to create an empty strip on both sides of the border to prevent Houthi fighters from crossing into Saudi Arabia.
Source:arabmonitor.info/
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