Spotlight: Houthis rebels pose no serious threat to gov't-controlled southern provinces

Pro-government Yemeni soldiers are seen beside an abandoned house on the northern outskirts of Dhalea province, Yemen, on July 3, 2019. Pro-government Yemeni forces managed to abort a well-prepared Houthi plan for advancing militarily towards a number of key southern provinces following months of intense fighting. Various factions of pro-government forces including the elite Giants Brigades and the southern Resistance forces engaged in ferocious armed confrontations with the Houthi rebels in the northern parts of Dhalea province. (Xinhua/Murad Abdo)