ARMY OPENS AL-BOQ'A-KITAF-SA'ADA ROAD

SANA'A, Oct. 28 (Saba) - A military source in north-west area has
said that military forces in collaboration with tribes of Waelah
have managed to open al-Boq'a-Kitaf-Sa'ada road.

The source said that the army troops have driven rebels away from
the road, which the rebels blocked to prevent access of foodstuffs,
medicines and fuels to citizens of Saada province.

The source expressed his appreciation of Hamdan Ben Zaid tribes, who
fights shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces in battling the
Houthi rebels in the areas.

As the army continues to rid the north of the Houthi rebels within
an assault that started in August, the armed and security forces
have imposed in the past few days a security cordon on Sa'ada
entrances and strict supervision on arms dealers.

Many dealers involved in selling weapons to Houthi suspects were
detained in Sana'a and Dhamar governorates, while the cordon have
been triggered along the roads leading to Sa'ada in north Yemen to
prevent supplies and weapons from reaching the insurgents.

A lot of attempts to provide the rebels with food, fuel and weapons
have been foiled recently in a sign of continuous collapse of the
insurgents as their food started to essentially decrease.

On the other hand, the authorities are working on creating safe
access for supplies for the locals with aid transported by the
people themselves.

In Saada and Amran hundreds of rebels have been killed, wounded and
arrested and many others surrendered, since the rebellion erupted in
2004.

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