Press, field and military sources said that the security authorities in al-Jawf governorate arrested a truck loaded with drones and missiles coming from southern governorates on their way to the Iranian Houthi militia.

The sources added that the security men said that the driver of the truck had a license to be allowed from passing through all checkpoints without being subjected to searching. The security men also said that this license was issued from a known and suspicious side that is cooperated with the revolutionaries loyalty to Iran, stressing that all the detainees are now detained at the Saudi forces that lead the Arab Alliance to support and restore the legitimacy in Yemen.

The sources point out to the arrival of a Saudi security team to the governorate of al-Jouf to inspect the truck loaded with drones that were detained while coming from the south of the country. The truck was on its way to areas controlled by the militias of Houthi before being arrested with its driver by the devices' Security in al-Jowf governorate.

The militias serve each other

In the fifth year of the launch of al-Hazm Storm announced by the Arab Alliance led by Saudi Arabia to support the legitimacy in Yemen, many operations have proven that anti-legitimacy militias in the north and south of the country serve each other. These inter-services have emerged in documented operations of smuggling weapons and rockets through security checkpoints affiliated to southern militias for the favor of the pro-Iranian Houthi militias in the north.

In some southern governorates, militias opposed to the legitimate authority work to facilitate the smuggling of Iranian weapons, the latest of which was the operation, which was thwarted by the security services yesterday in the governorate of al-Jowf, and became in the grip of the leadership of the Arab Alliance forces.

In a Twitter comment last month, Saudi analyst Suleiman al-Aqili accused the Southern Transition Council of involvement in the smuggling of Iranian-made weapons to the Houthi group, which was detained in al-Baydah governorate during it's coming from ports of Shabwa governorate in south Yemen. Al-Aqili described the activists of the Southern Transition Council as "Houthanized Southerners", in a clear reference to their relationship with the Houthi group and Iran. He also called on activists to "be ashamed of their shameful actions and should not be agents of Houthi, Persians and Lebanese Hezbollah."

The Saudi journalist and the former editor of the Saudi Okaz newspaper Abdullah al-Auraifij also directed a serious accusation to the Southern Transition Council of smuggling a leader in the Houthi group through Aden International Airport, pointing out to smuggling the Houthi Interior Minister Abdel Hakim al-Mawri, who died in Lebanon and was smuggled from Yemen across Aden airport.

In the grip of the army and security

Yemeni media published monitoring and documentation of the most important Iranian arms smuggling operations to the Houthi militias by facilitating the Southern Transition Council militias during the first months of this year only and were foiled by the security services and the national army units.

The operations combating the smuggling of missiles and drones coming from the southern areas under the control of elites and security belts loyal to the Southern Transitional Council to the Houthis during 2019, and here we will mention the most prominent of which:

On Jan. 1, 2019, the security services in al-Jawf governorate announced the seizure of a new shipment of parts, part-spares and components of drones were on their way to the Houthi militias in Sana'a came through the frontier port "Shahn" located on the border between al-Maharah and and Oman.

Directorate of the Sawmaah in the governorate of al-Baydaa seized a truck carrying a large shipment of landmines was on its way to the Houthis.

On February 2, 2019, the security of Marib seized a medium and light arms shipment on its way to the Houthi militias.

On February 2, 2019, a checkpoint belonging to the Popular Resistance in the Hazmiyah Front in the Directorate of the Sawmaah in the governorate of al-Baydaa seized a shipment containing more than 20 boxes of ammunition coming from the Directorate of Lawdar in Abyan governorate was on its way to the Houthis.

On February 10, 2019, in a raid operation, the first military zone belonging to the Yemeni army and with the support of the security forces seized a large quantity of drugs and explosives materials, estimated at eight tons in the Hidhi area of the Directorate of the frontier desert Zamakh and Minukh in Hadramout governorate on its way to the Houthi militia.

In February 4, 2019, a checkpoint belonging to the Popular Resistance in the Hazmiyah Front in the Directorate of the Sawmaah in the governorate of al-Baydaa thwarted the attempt of smuggling light weapons loaded on a truck coming from Shabwa governorate to the Houthi militias.

On March 9, 2019, the security authorities located at the frontier port of Shihn in al-Maharah governorate seized a small truck laden with large quantities of explosive detonators for mortars on its way to the Houthis.

On March 20, 2019, the security services located at the frontier port of Shihn in al-Maharah governorate seized a shipment of weapons and explosives loaded onto a Mitsubishi truck containing 340 heads of explosive rockets for bazooka and 140,000 bullets for Kalashnikovs on their way to the Huthis.

On March 26, 2019, a military patrol of the Bihan axis of the Third Military Zone of the National Army managed to seize a smuggling truck through the sandy road linking the Shabwa and al-Baydaa governorates. The truck was loaded with Katyusha rockets on its way to the Houthis.

On April 9, 2019, a military checkpoint belonging to the Taiz axis in the Directorate of al-Mawassitt in Taiz governorate seized a shipment of ammunition consisting of Kalashnikovs bullets, ammunition for Czech machine guns, Dushka machine gun munitions and a group of RPGs' coming from the coastal governorate of Lahjj and was on its way to the Houthis.

Early coordination under Iranian supervision

The information confirms that all seized shipments were delivered to Yemen by sea through the ports of the southern Shabwa and al-Maharah governorates, which are under the control of the Shabwan and Maharin elite forces.

These developments come at a time when Saudi politicians accuse the Southern Transitional Council of involvement in facilitating the smuggling of weapons to the Houthis across areas controlled by its militias.

Forces loyal to the legitimate government in Shabwa and Hadramout are active in combating arms smuggling, while these forces are subjected to incitement, in addition, to the Southern Transition Council's demand to be these forces expelled, and the Southern Transition Council has relations with Tehran and the militias of Houthi.

The Southern Transition Council and the Houthis have coordinated together early in order to continue threatening Saudi Arabia's territory and depleting it to serve Iran. Leaders and members of the Southern Transitional Council have been trained in the southern suburb of Lebanon since 2012 under the direct supervision of Hezbollah. And a number of leaders of the Southern Transition Council and the militias of Houthi had a close relationship with Iranian and Lebanese figures who oversee the destructive Houthi project in Yemen.