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Yemen’s armed forces said late Tuesday they carried out 1,382 strikes against the Houthi group “in recent hours,” calling the attacks “precise and direct” and saying they “neutralized” around 440 Houthi fighters and commanders.
Army spokesman Col. Majed al-Nuzaili said on X that the operations also secured new field gains in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen. The Houthis did not immediately comment on the army’s statement.
Al-Nuzaili said the strikes hit field command centers, fortifications, sources of fire, troop concentrations and reserves. They also targeted reinforcements, transport and supply assets belonging to what he called the “terrorist Houthi militia.”
He said the operations limited the group’s ability to maneuver and to move reinforcements between fronts. The statement said they also struck weapons positions and ammunition depots.
In Taiz, al-Nuzaili said army units and Popular Resistance forces, backed by warplanes, carried out coordinated airstrikes and attacks using various tactical methods. He said these thwarted Houthi attempts to retake positions they had lost. The result, he added, was new advances on the ground and stronger fire control over several strategic positions and highlands.
On the Bab al-Mandab, Dhubab and Al-Mudhariba fronts in Taiz, army forces thwarted Houthi infiltration attempts and targeted the group’s reinforcements and military vehicles, he said. Taiz has seen intense fighting between the army and the Houthis for weeks, with hundreds killed and wounded on both sides.
Al-Nuzaili said army units were continuing offensive operations along the northern and northwestern approaches to the capital, Sanaa, and on the eastern front. He said armored vehicles, artillery and drones supported those operations.
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He said simultaneous military operations would continue across the front lines to secure further gains. He added that precautions were being taken to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
The latest developments come amid a military escalation that began in July. It is described as the most extensive since the relative calm that followed the start of a truce in April 2022.
Operation Dawn of Yemen has been underway since Oct. 5. Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi has said it aims to restore state institutions from Houthi control and take control of Sanaa.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several provinces in September 2014, triggering a civil war. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
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