Yemeni military forces shoots down Saudi armed reconnaissance drone in Saada
\n Sanaa
\nYemeni government forces carried out nine airstrikes on Tuesday targeting Houthi fighters and military equipment in the southwestern Taiz province as escalation continues to rage across the country, according to the army.
\nThe Taiz Military Axis Media Centre said warplanes belonging to the Yemeni armed forces carried out five strikes in the Al-Dhabab area and four others in Al-Misrakh district. The strikes targeted Houthi personnel and military equipment, the centre said.
\nIt added that clashes were also ongoing between government forces and Houthi fighters on the Al-Shaqab front south of Taiz. The military did not provide details on casualties or damage.
\nMeanwhile, the Taiz office of Yemen\u2019s Human Rights Ministry said in a statement late on Monday that six civilians, including a girl, were killed and others were injured in Houthi shelling that struck densely populated villages in rural Taiz on Sunday.
\nIn Taiz city, the office said 17 civilians, including five women and six children, were injured and seven homes were damaged in Houthi shelling over the previous 24 hours.
\nThe office did not specify the nature or severity of the injuries or the extent of the damage
\nEarly Tuesday, the non-governmental Taiz Human Rights Centre accused the Houthis of shelling the area around Al-Safwa Hospital, a private facility in central Taiz city.
\nIt said a shell landed near the hospital, causing material damage to patient rooms and frightening patients and medical staff.
\nThousands displaced
\nAmid the continuing escalation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Monday evening that 216,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since August, including more than 172,000 from Taiz province.
\nThe UN and humanitarian partners have so far reached around 143,000 people with emergency assistance, including food, hygiene supplies and cash support, the agency said.
\nOn Saturday, local authorities in Taiz warned that the Houthis have tightened their siege on the province, threatening the lives, security and livelihoods of more than 6 million residents.
\nThe Yemeni army launched Operation \u201cDawn of Yemen\u201d last week, aimed at restoring state institutions and ending Houthi control of the capital Sanaa.
\nThe developments are part of a military escalation that began in July, the most extensive since the relative calm that followed a UN-brokered truce that began in April 2022.
\nYemen has been engulfed in war since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several of the country\u2019s 22 provinces in September 2014, prompting an Arab coalition led by neighbouring Saudi Arabia to intervene in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.
\nThe Houthis fully control most northern and western provinces, including Sanaa, Saada, Amran, Dhamar, Al Hudaydah, Ibb, Al Mahwit and Raymah, while maintaining partial control over parts of Hajjah, Al-Bayda, Marib, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhalea and Taiz.
\nGovernment forces and their allies control the interim capital Aden, the eastern provinces of Al-Mahra and Hadramout, the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan, most of Lahj and Al-Dhalea, and parts of Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf, Hajjah and Saada.
\nYemen military shoot down Saudi drone
\nThe Yemeni military said its air defence units intercepted and shot down a Saudi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the airspace over the country\u2019s northwestern Sa\u2019ada province.
\nSpokesman for the Yemeni military, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement on Tuesday morning that the Yemeni armed forces detected and targeted an armed Wing Loong II reconnaissance drone belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), using an appropriate weapon.
\nThe development came shortly after the Yemeni army successfully targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in a new ballistic missile strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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