Yemen coup rebels brace for Sanaa battle

Yemeni coup rebels have deployed scores of their militias and units from the Republican Guards loyal to deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the entrances of the capital Sanaa in anticipation of an attack by the national resistance.

The Saudi Arabic language daily Asharqalawsat quoted military sources in Sanaa as saying most of those units were deployed inside and around buildings rented by the Houthis and their allies at the entrances of Sanaa.

“It seems that they are bracing for an offensive by the national resistance in the Sanaa governorate…this resistance unit was created last week to support the national army and the Arab coalition in seizing Sanaa,” a military source told the paper.

The source said the deployment of those units came amidst a state of high alert in Sanaa following tensions between the Houthis and some of the Republican Guard units which refused to obey their orders.

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