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In today's briefing, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri says that the Coalition forces are targeting Militia movements and have never demolished an infrastructure facility in Yemen 3 Riyadh
dropped items would not fall in the hands of the Houthi militias or rebel groups, and noting the importance of securing the city of Aden and other Yemeni cities. On halting the airstrikes for 24 hours to pave the way for humanitarian assistance to find their way inside, Asiri said work is going upon the military plan while Security Council-related discussions are left to political decision-makers. He added that military operations are proceeding to achieve the goals announced at the beginning. Asked what the coalition forces are going to do to end Al-Qaeda's control of the Yemeni city of Al-Makalla, Asiri said priority in this campaign is for the security and safety of Yemeni citizens and "we are not going to allow those groups to change our plan and attract us inside cities". He added that work against Al-Qaeda requires different behavior as the matter is based on the security dimension rather than the military one. "We are aware that they want to drag us to change our focus on the basic goals but in vain", he said. --More 23:44 LOCAL TIME 20:44 GMT تغريد