Yemen's army reports 1,322 operations against Houthis and 340 fighters neutralized

Defense ministry report and battlefield advances

Yemen's armed forces said on Wednesday that they had carried out 1,322 operations against Houthi positions and military infrastructure, in which, according to their figures, about 340 fighters and commanders were killed or put out of action. The army's military spokesperson also announced on X the destruction or damage of 114 pieces of military equipment and hardware. These figures come from the defense ministry itself and were not independently verified in Anadolu's report.

Course of Operation Yemen Dawn

According to the military, government forces advanced in Al-Jawf province as part of the ongoing Operation Yemen Dawn: units of the first and third rapid reaction divisions took Houthi positions in Umm Laqif, Qurun al-Sabir and Duhaidat al-Aqir. In the southwestern province of Taiz, government forces and allied Popular Resistance units also reported advances on several fronts and repelled Houthi attempts to retake lost positions. The army said it continues its operations while taking precautions to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Context of the conflict

Operation Yemen Dawn began on October 5; its stated goals are to restore control over state institutions and retake the capital Sanaa from the Houthis. Fighting between government forces and the Houthis resumed in July: according to UN figures cited by Anadolu, it has killed and wounded thousands of people and displaced more than 250,000. The new escalation ended a period of relative calm that had lasted since April 2022 and deepened the country's humanitarian crisis. Yemen's civil war has been ongoing since September 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and a number of provinces, and in March 2015 a Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervened in support of the internationally recognized government.