Saudi-led coalition land forces operating in Yemen have seen gains in recent weeks following the initiation of Operation Golden Arrow to recapture the city of Aden on July 16, according to DefenseNews.com.
Saudi Arabia’s Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri told Al-Arabiya television in an interview on July 22 that “[Saudi] are supporting the legitimate corps in the Yemeni armed forces militarily, logistically and with humanitarian aid and we are supplying them with materials and information…However I will not be able to explain on what types of support or involvement as operations are still ongoing.”
Saudi guards on the border with Yemen.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia landed two aircraft at Aden’s airport on Friday bringing equipment needed to re-open the city’s airport nearly four months after the Yemeni civil war shut it down.
According to Swissinfo.ch, “if the airport resumes regular operations using the equipment carried by the plane that landed on Friday, then the city is expected to be able to expedite the import of badly needed emergency humanitarian aid.”
Such aid was approved today by HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense. Cargo planes carrying humanitarian goods to Aden are badly needed in the area. Some 12.9 million people in Yemen are either “food insecure” or “severely food insecure,” according to World Food Program (WFP) estimates and the Saudi Gazette.
Talks aimed at brokering a “peaceful solution” to the country’s conflict were under way in Cairo, according to Vice News, which cited a spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi fighters, but meaningful progress remained elusive for another day as fighting raged across the country.
