Army says its operations targeted Houthi positions; Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted 11 Houthi drones
\n Sanaa
\nYemen\u2019s army said Friday that more than 35 fighters of the Houthi group were killed or wounded in a military operation targeting the group\u2019s positions in southwestern Taiz province.
\nIn a statement, the army\u2019s 35th Armored Brigade said its forces carried out a \u201cswift and targeted operation\u201d against Houthi positions and fortifications along the Aqrouz front in the Al-Misrakh district.
\nIt said the operation targeted positions at Jabal Al-Manara, Kour, Wadi Kour, Al-Maqda, Al-Dabaya and Kahlan, leaving \u201cmore than 35 Houthi fighters killed or wounded.\u201d
\nThe statement did not specify the number of fatalities or injuries.
\nThe operation also disabled a military vehicle equipped with weapons and destroyed Houthi fortifications at the targeted sites, it added.
\nThe Houthis did not immediately comment on the Yemeni army\u2019s account.
\nTaiz province has witnessed fierce fighting between the Yemeni army and the Houthis for weeks, killing and wounding hundreds on both sides.
\nTaiz holds strategic importance as a geographic bridge and a vital link between Yemen\u2019s northern provinces.
\nControl of the province would mean control over supply routes and key transport corridors connecting the interim capital, Aden, with the country\u2019s central and northern provinces.
\nThese developments are part of a military escalation that began in July and is considered the most extensive since the relative calm that followed a truce launched in April 2022.
\nSince Oct. 5, Yemeni government forces have been conducting Operation Dawn of Yemen, which Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi said aims to regain control of state institutions from the Houthis and recapture the capital Sanaa.
\nMeanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen\u2019s Houthi group said that its air defences intercepted and destroyed 11 drones and a ballistic missile.
\nThe drones were intercepted over Riyadh, Medina, the Eastern Province and the southern region, while the ballistic missile was intercepted as it headed toward Najran in southwestern Saudi Arabia, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said in statements posted on the X.
\nIn its latest statement on Thursday, the coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed two drones launched toward the southern region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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