Taiz Fronts.. Intense Battles Between Yemeni Forces and the Houthis

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On Thursday, the Yemeni armed forces confronted artillery shelling and intense attacks launched by the Houthi militia in Al-Sayahy, Hadharan, Al-Dabab, and Jabal Han in western Taiz.

The Yemeni armed forces managed to extinguish the sources of Houthi fire in Ghurab and Al-Rubai'i to the northwest of the city, while the militia continued to shell air defense and the surrounding residential neighborhoods with numerous shells.

Fierce clashes also erupted with the Houthi militias on the eastern, northern, and southwestern fronts of Taiz, coinciding with intense airstrikes by the Yemeni warplanes targeting militia positions, reinforcements, and weapon depots.

Additionally, the Yemeni army aircraft carried out airstrikes on several Houthi sites in Al-Ahkoum and Al-Athawir in the southeast of Taiz governorate.

The Yemeni army announced the targeting and destruction of weapon depots containing large quantities of ammunition, including anti-tank thermal missiles and artillery shells in eastern Saada governorate.

For his part, the official spokesman for the armed forces, Colonel Majid Al-Nazili, stated that the forces carried out 8 precise targeting operations that resulted in the destruction of Houthi reinforcements, weapons, and equipment, including three artillery batteries in Al-Waziyah, and a mobile air defense system developed with expertise from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Al-Mokha, in addition to neutralizing Houthi leaders and elements in Al-Mansoura and Bab Al-Mandab.

The airstrikes also destroyed weapon depots in eastern Saada containing large quantities of ammunition, including anti-tank thermal missiles and artillery shells.

This coincided with fierce battles using various weapons in the fronts of Samah, Al-Ahkum, Bani Omar, Rasin, Jabal Habashi, Maqbana, Al-Kadha, and Al-Dabab.