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Houthi Rebels Launch Attack Against Saudi Troops in Nashaw Region
Published 3 years ago
Footage recorded by Houthi Rebels captures them conducting a large scale attack against a Saudi Arabian held position in the Nashaw Region of Jizan.
This is some of the best footage to come out of the still on-going conflict in Jizan between Houthi Rebels and the Saudi Arabian military in a while. An overwhelming majority of the footage coming out of the region just shows Houthi Rebels running and gunning towards unarmed Saudi Mercenaries. While that type of footage makes for cool clips and propaganda pieces, it doesn't actually show much of the strategic picture on the ground, which to most makes it look like this is just another rag-tag insurgency waging random attacks against their opposition. This however, is footage of them conducting a coordinated attack against a Saudi Arabian stronghold in the Nashaw Region of Saudi Arabia, which is a key piece of terrain they need to conduct follow-on operations deeper into Saudi Arabia.
Looking at the overall battle map of the region, the strategic importance of this position for the Houthis is pretty large. As long as they can control this piece of terrain, they have secured a route that enables them to get deeper into Saudi controlled territory where they can continue to conduct guerilla style attacks against Saudi supply lines, where untrained and untested troops move freely. Restricting this freedom of movement for the logisticians makes it much easier for the Houthi's to gain an advantage in other key areas where the Saudi's are struggling to keep their troops well supplied.
