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Yemeni pro-government fighters surround ordnances removed from the district of Harib on Jan. 25, 2022, after Yemen's Houthi rebels were expelled from the key battleground district by UAE-trained Giants Brigade fighters. The Iran-backed Houthis lost Harib district south of Marib, the government's last northern stronghold they have been fighting to seize for months.
