Ten Sudanese fighters were killed and at least 17 others were injured following an attack by the army and popular committees on their positions. 

Many of the Saudi-backed Hadi's forces were also killed and wounded in the confrontations taking place in the al-Huthirah region. 

Violent confrontations continue in Marib between the forces of the army and popular committees and the Saudi-led coalition in the eastern Balak mountain on one side and the Kara district on the other.

The fighting raged near the central al-Balaq Mountain, which immediately overlooks the Falaj point at the southern entrance to Marib in northern Yemen.

The Saudi-led coalition performed 23 air raids on the eastern al-Balaq mountain range and its surroundings in the last hours.

The Yemeni army and popular committees have secured the eastern al-Balaq mountain range while continuing to advance on the southern and eastern fronts of Marib, local sources told Al Mayadeen.

"Hadi's forces and the al-Islah Party are suffering continuous tactical defeats, despite the intensive air support from the Saudi-led coalition," Al Mayadeen's sources reported.

Sources had previously told Al Mayadeen that "the al-Balaq eastern mountain range, which overlooks the Yemeni city of Marib, has been liberated."

The Yemeni Army and Popular Committees overtook a number of sites in the Qashaan mountain range and Silbah Valley in the Khabb and Al-Shaaf District bordering Saudi Arabia in Yemen's northeast.

Mount Qashaan's strategic importance stems from its oversight of the Yatama region, the administrative headquarters of the Khabb and Al-Shaaf District, as well as the Al-Ajashir desert, which stretches between the Saudi governorates of Al-Jawf and Najran.

It is noteworthy that the intense air raids of the Saudi-led coalition could not succeed in slowing the progress of the army and the popular committees in their offensive.