SADAA, 31 Oct -- The military Saturday announced significant progress in the battle against Zaydi Shiite rebels in north Yemen. A military source told the defense ministry online website, 26-September “the army, backed by security forces and noble citizens, inflicted hard blows to the terrorists in al-Malahid region in Sadaa and made significant advancement into the mountain of Ghafara, al-Jar’ab and the village of al-Masfouh,” adding “military and security units launched a full-scale offensive against several strongholds and hideouts of the rebels in the areas of al-Jartahia, al-Sabkana, and Dahr al-Hymar, expelled the insurgents and seized a large cache of weapons that was left behind.” “Several elements of terrorism were killed and wounded in these operations and three vehicles used to supply the rebels with arms and food were seized in the area of Dawib Wahidan,”