Saudi coalition fighters dropped 21 bombs on areas of Ma’rib province this evening.
The Saudi coalition air force bombed 21 areas of Ma’rib province this evening.
According to the Al-Masira news website, the Saudi coalition fighters bombed the city of Madaghal twice and the city of Sarwah 19 times.
The Saudi coalition’s attacks on Ma’rib province have intensified in recent days as military officials from the resigned Yemeni government acknowledged today that the army and popular committees had reached six kilometers from Ma’rib and had made significant progress.
Clashes in Yemen’s Ma’rib province began three months ago between forces of the Yemeni National Salvation Government and forces of the resigned government backed by the Saudi coalition.
It is bordered to the north by the province of Jouf (bordering Saudi Arabia) and to the west by the province of Sanaa (capital), which, along with the production of more than 200,000 barrels of oil, has added to its geopolitical importance.
The Yemeni National Salvation Government is trying to retake the capital of the province, the city of Ma’rib, from Mansour Hadi’s forces, thereby eliminating the need for oil and fuel confiscated in the port of Al-Hudaidah by the Saudi coalition, risking ground attacks by the coalition and Hadi forces from around the capital. slow motion.
Moreover, the central location of this province, in addition to reaching the eastern provinces, can become a platform for missile and drone operations of the Yemeni army to the eastern targets in Saudi Arabia.
