1- Marib:– Ansar Allah retreated from several points near Marib Dam but captured most of Talaat al-Hamra mountain. Clashes continue in al-Zour, al-Hamajara areas.– Clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued on the eastern front of Madghal district.– Saudi coalition warplanes bombed Sarwah district in Marib province 3 times in the past 24 hours. […]

ISWNews Analysis Group: Following clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces in Marib province, Ansar Allah withdrew from a number of areas west of the Marib Dam.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Russia said in a statement that in an operation on 16 February in Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Crimean Peninsula, 19 persons with charges of being in or collaborating with Salafi Jihadi Takfir wal-Hijra group are arrested.

ISWNews Analysis Group: ISIS terrorists attacked one of the headquarters of Hashad al-Shaabi (PMU) forces 28 km north of Khanaqin, killing at least three members of the PMU.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Following Ansar Allah’s operations against the Saudi coalition in Marib province, the strategic Marib dam, as well as al-Balaq mountain were liberated from the control of the Saudi-led forces.

ISWNews Analysis Group: An anti-Turkey protest held in front of the Ankara Embassy in Baghdad against the Turkish army’s attacks and aggression in northern Iraq.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The Yemeni branch of the ISIS terrorist group officially announced its participation in the Marib battles against Ansar Allah forces.

1- New York Times report quoted by American officials:The US Department of Defense has presented plans to increase US troops in Afghanistan and provide air support to the Afghan army. 2- Kandahar:– A Taliban mine workshop in Maiwand was discovered and destroyed by security forces, and two Taliban members were arrested during the operation.– 11 […]

ISWNews Analysis Group: On February 17, a logistical convoy of American terrorists was attacked in Naseriyah area.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Ansar Allah launched a major offensive to liberate the town of Asdas, the center of Raghwan district from the Saudi-led forces in western Marib province.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Defense Ministers of NATO members reported of possible increase in their forces in Iraq.