Houthi Forces in Yemen Seize Provincial Capital near Saudi Border
Local Editor
The Houthi revolutionaries in Yemen seized the capital of a large desert province on the border with Saudi Arabia on Sunday, residents said, an important victory for the forces ahead of peace talks in Switzerland’s Geneva on Monday.
The Houthis took control of al-Hazm, capital of the province of al-Jawf, amid Saudi-led coalition air strikes.
Saudi Arabia has been carrying out deadly airstrikes in Yemen since March.
The Houthi revolutionaries have been responding to the US-led Saudi aggression in retaliation for the attacks on their country.
Saudi Arabia began its US-led military aggression on Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
