Aden, Jumada I 15, 1439, February 01, 2018, SPA -- The Yemeni army has imposed its full grip over the Salo Directorate, east of Taiz Governorate, as it has already liberated the last area in it. The field commander in the 35th Armored Brigade, Col. Fuad Al-Shaddadi, said that the army forces managed to defeat the militias in the last position in the Directorate, Nagel Al-Salo. Al-Shaddadi said in a statement to the official Yemeni news agency here today, that 15 elements of Iranian-backed Houthi militias have been killed in this operation. --SPA 17:33 LOCAL TIME 14:33 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w601282