Aden, Yemen – A Yemeni military source reported on Saturday that the Yemeni army continues to launch airstrikes and artillery support against Houthi positions in Taiz, Hodeidah, and Marib. Simultaneously, the armed forces’ air force targeted Houthi weapons depots in Al-Hazm, Al-Jawf. This escalation followed a large-scale attack launched by the Houthi militia against government forces’ positions on the western fronts of Taiz. Dozens of Houthi militia members were killed during the attack before government forces were able to launch a counter-attack and regain control of several strategic locations. These locations included Al-Khazan Hill and Makahna Hill in Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz. Meanwhile, fighting intensified on the Maqbana and Al-Kadha fronts, supported by drone strikes. In the same context, fierce clashes erupted on the Al-Shaqab front, south of Taiz, coinciding with Houthi artillery shelling targeting civilians. The armed forces confirmed that fighting continues along the western coast fronts, with hundreds of Houthi militia members killed and wounded.
Massive human losses and lists of Houthi casualties from Amran and Saada
Military and local sources revealed that at least 35 Houthi fighters from the governorates of Amran and Saada were killed in recent clashes. They confirmed that the group’s death toll exceeds the number documented in official lists. The list of those killed from Amran included prominent names such as Mohammed Ali Mutlaq Al-Alawi, Hamza Khalid Hamoud Al-Jahli, and Walid Mohammed Hassan Al-Asadi, in addition to others from the districts of Dhibin, Al-Sawda, Shaharah, and Al-Qafala. The list from Saada included those killed from the districts of Saqayn, Sahar, Al-Safra, Haydan, and Baqim, among them Ali Abdullah Hassan Hataba and Salem Mohammed Mohammed Al-Razami.
Prominent field commanders in the Houthi ranks killed
Military sources confirmed the death of prominent Houthi leader Saif Hadi al-Mufri (commander of the so-called “Special Missions Battalion”), who hailed from the Al Ammar area of the Safra district in Saada. He was killed while participating in the attack on Jabal al-Nu’man on the Taiz front. His body arrived early Friday morning, accompanied by other fighters. The militia also announced the death of commander Muhammad Harith Ali al-Alawi, nicknamed “Abu Jihad al-Alawi,” whom they had appointed as commander of one of their battalions on the Maqbana front. He was from the Bani Sarim district of Amran. This came after the Houthi attack failed and government forces successfully regained their military foothold and secured strategic locations west of Taiz.
