Aden, Shawwal 09, 1439, June 23, 2018, SPA -- The Yemeni army has made a new field progress in Nahm Directorate, east of Sana'a, following battles with Iranian-backed Houthi militias. A Yemeni military source said in a statement to the website of the Yemeni Ministry of Defense "September 26" that the army liberated the ranges of Saleh Ali and Al-Rubah and a local valley in the Directorate of Nahm, stressing that the fighting resulted in the deaths of dozens of members of Houthi militias and capturing others. The source pointed out that Arab coalition fighters launched a series of raids targeting the positions and reinforcements of the militias in the front. --SPA 13:58 LOCAL TIME 10:58 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w706860