http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Army launches sweeping offensive on terrorists in Sufyan [The Source: Almotamar.net - 21/11/2009] Armed forces and security fighters in Sufyan axis launched on Friday a sweeping attack on positions and hideouts where the Houthi elements of terror and sabotage were positioned in remaining areas of Al-Baraka height and the range of heights neighbouring from the south-east, overlooking Abla valley, and dealt to those elements strong and painful strikes and took hold of those heights and tightened their control over Abla valley and the Al-Jawf road. Military sources said Saturday that armed forces and security men have swept those heights and destroyed stronghold of the tourists there, inflicting heavy loses on the rebels and they seized large quantities of different types of medium weapons and projectiles and locally-made landmines besides leaflets and books instigating for sedition, violence and sabotage.The sources added that army and security forces were carrying out combing operation of some pockets and hideouts around the valley for hunting sown a number of escapees from those heights and the valley to arrest them. Meanwhile, engineering units began removing and defusing landmines the terrorists had planted aimed for hindering advance of armed forces towards their strongholds and hideouts.A sniper man from the army has blasted a weapons depot belonging to the terrorists in Sufyan.A number of military units were able to control a number of passes near Jalham Mountain while other military and security units launched another attack on groups of terrorist and sabotage elements north of Baraka Al-Hueira inflicting on them heavy losses and destroyed two of their vehicles in Al-Jarshaa area, south of Al-Zalaa.In Saada axis military and security units foiled and infiltration attempt by groups of terrorists into areas of Al-Maqash and the Camb and a number of those elements were killed or wounded and the fighters managed to destroy a vehicle carrying terrorists and weapons on its way to Al-Maqash to give reinforcement to those defeated groups.In al-Malahidh axis armed forces and security units repelled Houthi terrorist groups' infiltration attempt into a number of positions located between Al-Manzala and Al-Rumaih Mountain and inflicted on them heavy losses.