ADEN, Yemen, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's government forces on Wednesday declared recapturing an army base from the Houthi rebel group in the country's northeastern province of al-Jawf following armed confrontations.
"The government forces managed to regain control over the Khanjar army base that's located in a deserted area in the northeastern part of al-Jawf," according to the state-run Saba News Agency.
The base located in Khabb district of al-Jawf used to be a center for supervising and securing the supply lines of government forces linking the oil-rich province of Marib with the key areas near the Saudi border.
Meanwhile, the Houthis-affiliated Masirah television network accused the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of launching airstrikes against the district of Khabb in al-Jawf and others locations in neighboring province of Marib.
Masirah reported that warplanes of Saudi-led Arab coalition launched more than 24 raids, including 18 raids on key locations in Marib and six others on the district of Khabb in al-Jawf.
Last week, the Saudi-led coalition announced a comprehensive cease-fire in Yemen for two weeks in response to an international call for a global cease-fire to counter the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
However, the coalition and the Houthis later exchanged accusations of violating the cease-fire in several Yemeni provinces, while military confrontations between government forces and the Houthis are still taking place in many areas of the war-torn Arab country.
Yemen has been locked in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthis seized control of much of the country's north and forced the Saudi-backed government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
