Houthis burn houses of Yemeni government supporters in Hodeidah
SMA NEWS – HODEIDAH
The Iran-backed Houthis set ablaze dozens of empty houses belonging to the Yemeni government supporters in the western province of Hodeidah as they kicked off reprisal attacks against people who opposed them, residents told Arab News on Thursday.
Military officials and ordinary people who had supported the government forces in Hodeidah said that armed Houthis stormed several villages in the province’s Durihimi district and burnt their houses and seized their property.
“The Houthis burnt more than 40 houses belonging to 40 families and confiscated our farms,” Ibrahim Al-Lahji, a military official at the government’s Tehama Resistance, said. Images posted on social media showed several huts on fire.
Al-Lahji is among hundreds of local people who joined the Arab coalition-backed Yemeni forces that took part in a major military offensive that led to seizing control of a large swathe of land in Hodeidah province in December 2018.
