Local Editor

A spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Houthi movement, Mohammad Abdul-Salam, said that the forces of the Yemeni army and popular committees plan to mount a massive military operation against the Saudi-led coalition, which would change the equations in the southern port city of Aden.

Abdul-Salam said that the Saudi regime’s claims about the advances of its forces in Aden are part of a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare aimed at raising the spirits of the Saudi forces and "fighters" loyal to Yemen’s exiled government.

He further said that the Yemeni army and popular forces plan to conduct a massive operation soon and completely change the equations of the battle in Aden.

On March 26, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies began to militarily interfere in Yemen’s internal affairs by launching air strikes in the country in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.

 The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.

Based on UN figures, over 3,261 people have been killed, 1,670 of whom were civilians in the Saudi onslaught.