Malki: Houthis Promoting Fake Victories to Cover up Major Losses

Gulf

May 30th, 4:22am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi-led Arab coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki dismissed recent claims by the Iran-backed Houthi militias that they had attacked the Jazan region on the Saudi border. In remarks to Al Arabiya television, he said that such claims are “propaganda and media fabrications aimed at promoting false victories” to lift the morale of their members in wake of the major losses they are incurring. He added: “The Saudi armed forces and coalition forces are taking up their defensive positions along the Saudi-Yemeni border.” “They are supporting the Yemeni army in their operations inside Yemen,” he continued, saying the troops are holding some 30 kilometers of the Saada province – a Houthi stronghold. The Houthis have resorted to media fabrications to cover up the real situation on the ground, Malki went to say, citing major losses among the terrorist militias’ ranks in the Marib and al-Jawf provinces. He revealed that the coalition has destroyed over 4,000 Houthi armored vehicles and over 10,000 terrorists have been killed and injured in the past six months.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2999471/malki-houthis-promoting-fake-victories-cover-major-losses