Local Editor

The Yemeni army spokesman Col. Sharaf Luqman vowed that more surprises are awaiting the Saudi aggressors and their allies, as Saudi Arabia continues with its military aggression against the impoverished country.

In an interview with al-Manar website, Luqman said, "We have defense systems which they had not experienced", stressing that the army and the committees will use such systems in the coming days.

He called on the aggressors to lay out the women and the children out of the battle, stressing that the Yemeni army and the popular committees welcome man-to-man fight.

Meanwhile, he noted that the Saudi-led coalition has been using internationally banned weapons in the past days, stressing that such weapons are war crimes against the Yemeni people.

Asked about the situation in Yemen’s Mareb, Luqman dismissed the "fake victories" announced by the Saudi-led media.

"They said they will enter Mareb and then will move to Sanaa within 48 hours. Up till now, 40 days have passed and they did not control but a town near their camp there", Luqman said.

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26.

The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.

As a result, the Yemeni army backed by popular committees and tribal fighters has been responding to the aggression by targeting several Saudi border military posts and cleansing several areas across the country from militants linked to al-Qaeda and the fugitive former Yemeni President, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.