With the help of the Arab Coalition, the Yemeni national army, today announced control over new grounds in Al-Makha and Muwazaa directorates in Taiz province. A military source told the Yemeni news agency that controlling the village and mountain of Al-Thobani was achieved after fierce battles resulting in great losses on the side of the Houthi militias and deposed president Saleh forces with the rest of the defeated soldiers fleeing away. The source said the national army also liberated wide areas in Dar bin Alwan tribal enclave, part of Muawazaa directorate, west of Taiz.