Yemeni national resistance fighters captured 45 Iranian-backed rebels and killed at least 30 others in an attack on their positions in North Yemen. Yemen Press news website said the attack targeted the Houthis and their allies in Shaaf area in the Northern Al Jawf governorate on Tuesday. It quoted military sources as saying the fighters seized rebel positions and a large quantity of weapons and ammunitions. "The resistance men also captured 46 Houthis and killed more than 30 other rebels," a resistance source told the network. In another development, a Saudi newspaper reported that deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh sent troops to the edge of the capital Sanaa to stop government forces and the resistance from invading the city. "He sent units from the loyal Republican Guards...apparently he wants to push the battle for Sanaa outside the city as government forces move closer," the Arabic language daily Asharqalawsat said, quoting military sources. It said the coup insurgents in Sanaa have gone on high alert following the advance of government forces close to the capital in the past few days. "They are massing troops and deploying checkpoints in the areas and mountains surrounding the capital...they are also stacking large quantities of weapons...it seems they are preparing for an offensive by the army and resistance," a source said.
