Intelligence reveals a terrifying statistic of the dead paid fighters from the southern provinces in the battle of the West Coast
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(3,373) paid fighters from the southern provinces were killed during the past three months, while 6361 were wounded the battles of #the West Coast, and the fronts of Karesh, Moza’a and al-Wazayah in failure attempts by the US-Saudi-led coalition to control the West Coast.
A statistical report of the military intelligence of the Yemeni army forces said in this statistic of the dead and wounded is only from the first of May until the end of July .
The report also said that the dead who arrived from the fronts of the West Coast reached (2859) dead ,and that the dead ,form the south’s sons, who were buried in Mokha reached (102) dead, as well (72) dead were buried in Khokhah and Duraihimi after the decomposition of their bodies ,so that the total death toll on the West Coast reached 3,303.
The statement said that the deaths of the people of the south al-Wazaiah front reached (466) dead, (214) dead in Karesh, so the total reached (3713) .
The statement confirmed that the information confirms the (4809) fell wounded from the people of the southern provinces in #the West Coast, while (974) fell wounded in al-Wazaiah and Moza’a fronts and (578) wounded in Karesh front , so the total of the wounded from the people of the southern regions reached (6361) .
The US-Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive on Hudaydah on 12 June in the largest battle of the war that the United Nations fears risks triggering a famine in Yemen where an estimated 8.4 million people are on the verge of starvation. Recently, It has been paused for peace talks, but no deal has been struck leaving Yemenis pessimistic over a viable political process.
Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi(Ansarallah) movement, which is the main force that faces the coallition, said on a TV speech ,” The decision of invading the Yemeni ,western coast, has been taken and adopted by the United States of America,noting that the Saudis are trying to abolish Yemen’s freedom,” stressing that it was the people of Yemen’s right to defend their country.
The Bab el-Mandab Strait, which is the southern entrance to the Red Sea, is one of the world’s key shipping lanes for crude oil and allows crude exports into the European market.
The coalition continues to accuse the Houthis , part of the Yemeni army forces, of using Hodeidah to smuggle weapons from Iran despite its warships monitoring the Bab El Mandeb Strait. There has been no evidence to suggest that the Houthis are receiving arms via the port according to UN experts on Yemen.