ADEN, Yemen, July 20 -- Yemeni experts believe that the Houthi group is unable to keep control of the strategic port city of Hodeidah for a long time, despite efforts to reinforce through mobilizing hundreds of new tribal fighters from northern provinces.
A field commander of the pro-government Giants Brigades told Xinhua by phone that the Houthi group formed a new force called "the Hussein battalions" as an attempt to confront the pro-government forces in Hodeidah and the Red Sea coast areas.
"We arrested some fighters during the fighting in Hodeidah and after investigations we discovered that they received advanced military trainings under the supervision of foreign experts," the Yemeni field commander revealed anonymously.
"The Houthis recruited hundreds of tribal fighters and joined them with the Hussein battalions and after receiving well training they were brought to Hodeidah to confront the government forces," the source said.
Adeeb Sayed, a political analyst and writer based in southern Yemen, said the Houthis will not surrender peacefully or acknowledge defeat in Hodeidah easily.
"It is clear that the government forces have the upper hand in Hodeidah and the Houthi rebel group is not gaining the battles as it lost many areas and hundreds of its fighters died by Saudi-led airstrikes, but the group's leaders keep disputing that," Adeeb told Xinhua.
"The Houthi group media outlets always talk about victories against foreign forces in Hodeidah just to deceive the northern tribes into thinking the fighting in Red Sea coast areas could still be won," Adeeb said.
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