Amman, Aug. 6 (Petra)-- Seventeen soldiers and officers were killed and others injured in Houthi militia attacks using ballistic missiles and drones against military positions in Yemen’s Hadramout and Marib governorates, the Yemeni Armed Forces’ Joint Operations Command said.
In a statement carried by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) on Thursday evening, the command said the attacks targeted forces carrying out counterterrorism and organized crime operations, including efforts to disrupt Houthi weapons and drug-smuggling networks.
The forces had achieved significant successes in recent months in thwarting terrorist plots, dismantling explosive devices, apprehending smuggling networks and foiling attempts aimed at destabilizing security and stability in the liberated governorates, the statement said.
It described the attack as a criminal act that exposes the nature of the Houthi project, which, it said, consistently directs its weapons against the Yemeni people and national institutions responsible for protecting them.
The command affirmed that the armed forces, in all their formations, remain fully prepared to carry out their duties, stressing that the attack would only strengthen their resolve and determination to fulfill their mission of restoring state institutions and asserting state sovereignty across the country.
//Petra// MF
