Iran-backed Houthis impose a tight blockade on a village in Al-Jawf

The Iran-backed Houthis have imposed a tight blockade on one of the villages of the Hamdan tribe in Al-Jawf province (northeast Yemen). Tribal sources told Khabar Agency.

The Houthis sent a military campaign consisting of dozens of vehicles and imposed a strict security cordon on the village of Al-Kharbah, located west of the market in the city of Al-Hazm. They also abducted three members of the Hamdan tribe at a checkpoint and took them to an unknown location. The sources said.

The sources added that the militia have intensified their security presence and set up checkpoints along Al-Hazm city.

The sources pointed out that the militia justified the new campaign against the Hamdan tribe under the pretext of demanding the surrender of wanted individuals, which is an excuse that they often fabricate against the tribes of Al-Jawf.

This campaign comes amidst the terrorist militias imposing a suffocating siege on the villages of the Bani Nuf tribe for the sixth consecutive day, using the same pretext following the killing of one of their leaders last Saturday.

Khabar Agency learned from informed sources that the militia have brought special security units, and emergency response forces from Sanaa and deployed them as part of their expansion operation.

According to the sources, the militia have deployed military vehicles near the newly set-up checkpoints, with masked gunmen wearing the uniforms of the emergency response and special forces.