AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni government forces, backed by tribesmen, have taken control of several mountainous positions in Al-Madaribah Wa Al-Arah district in the southern province of Lahj after fierce clashes with the Iran-backed Houthis, local officials and media reported on Friday. A Yemeni official told Arab News that the government’s Nation Shield forces and Giants Brigades, backed by local Al-Sabiha tribesmen, seized control of Nouman Mountain, which overlooks a large swath of territory stretching
