Yemeni resistance forces loyal to the legitimate government controlled Homat Leqah area at Beida governorate. Sources revealed that a Houthi military leader called Abu Haider was killed during the battle which led to a large number of killed and injured from the two sides. The resistance undermined a military vehicle for the Houthi militias.

However, the Houthi militias launched artillery and missile attacks against the sites in which the militants advanced. In Sana'a, the Arab Coalition fighter jets bombarded areas at Naham and Arhab in the eastern side of the Yemeni capital. The attacks coincided with clashes betwenn The governmental troops on one hand and Houthi militias and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Naham.

According to tribal source, the clashes have been witnessed in Megawha Mountains and Beni Faraj in addition to the areas of Manara and Madfoon. It added that the conflicting parties used the different kinds of wrapons, as the governmental troops targeted the areas controlled recently by the Houthi militias.

Local sources in Mareb revealed that a large number of civilians have been killed in the city, as the Houthi militias targeted the area with a missile. The source added that the missile dropped near a restaurant in the central area of the city.

The U.N. Security Council issued a resolution on Thursday stressing the need for executing a political transition in the country upon the Gulf initiative. It also expressed its deep concern over the current humanitarian situation witnessed in the country and the challenges facing the delivery of humanitarian aids and vital commodities to the Yemeni people.

According to the international resolution, the Security Council raised stressed that Qaeda’s control over areas in the Arab Peninsula raises the international concern, stressing that there are small armed groups loyal to ISIS. The UN Security Council decided to extend the current international measures in Yemen until February 2018 upon the Resolution (2140).

Resolution (2140) formed a sanctions committee including the members of UN Security Council to ease the measures to suspend the assets of those people who commit violations in the country and to ban them from travel in addition to monitoring the current threats against the country’s stability and security.

The resolution comes days after the meeting of International Quartet Committee, including Saudi, Emirates, U.S and Britain, last week to discuss the recent developments on the Yemeni arena. The meeting witnessed the participation of U.S Secretary of State Rex Terillson.