Yemeni government forces said Thursday they foiled a Houthi attack and carried out airstrikes on Houthi positions and reinforcements in southwestern Taiz province, as fighting intensified on several fronts in Taiz and neighboring Lahj province.<\/p>\n
The army-affiliated Taiz Military Axis said in a statement that forces \u201cfoiled an attack launched by the Houthi militia\u201d on the Al-Anin front in Jabal Habashi district, west of the province, without providing details.<\/p>\n
In a separate statement, the command said warplanes struck Houthi positions and reinforcements at the Al-Dhikra junction and in the Al-Dimna and Al-Rahida areas southeast of Taiz.<\/p>\n
It did not provide details on the outcome of the airstrikes.<\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, Fayyad Alnoman, assistant undersecretary at Yemen\u2019s Information Ministry for television affairs, said on US social media company X that local sources reported the strike hit Houthi reinforcements at the Al-Dharifah junction in Al-Wazi’iyah district, west of Taiz.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, a Yemeni air force strike targeted a Houthi communications center in the Al-Hawban area east of Taiz city, according to field reports.<\/p>\n
Alnoman cited field sources as reporting continued heavy fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters across the Kahbub mountain range, which stretches between Lahj and Taiz provinces.<\/p>\n
The mountain range is considered strategically important because it overlooks routes leading toward Yemen\u2019s western coast, Bab el-Mandeb and the city of Dhubab.<\/p>\n
Government forces reportedly seized several highlands in the Kahbub range and launched a counteroffensive toward positions and areas still held by the Houthis.<\/p>\n
In an earlier post before the latest update, Alnoman said field sources reported clashes between government forces and Houthi fighters on the Al-Anin and Bilad al-Wafi fronts in Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz.<\/p>\n
The Houthi group has not immediately commented on the reports.<\/p>\n
Western Taiz has witnessed intensified fighting in recent weeks. On Wednesday, Yemeni government forces said they targeted Houthi positions, barracks and personnel on the Al-Kadha front, while airstrikes also hit Houthi positions and gatherings elsewhere west of Taiz.<\/p>\n
Fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis has intensified since early July.<\/p>\n
The renewed fighting has ended a period of relative calm that had largely prevailed since a UN-brokered truce took effect in April 2022.<\/p>\n
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and several provinces in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led Arab coalition to intervene in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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