Yemen’s 35th Armored Brigade said an operation in Taiz left more than 35 Houthi fighters killed or wounded, as government forces pressed a campaign to retake the capital, Sanaa.
In Al-Misrakh district, the brigade identified sites around Kahlan, Al-Dabaya, Al-Maqda, Wadi Kour, Kour and Jabal Al-Manara. It gave no separate figures for deaths and injuries. The brigade also said its troops disabled a weapon-equipped vehicle and destroyed Houthi defensive positions.
Anadolu Agency published the brigade’s statement Friday and reported that no Houthi response had appeared by publication. The agency said Taiz links Yemen’s northern areas with Aden, the interim capital, and gives access to routes connecting Aden with central and northern parts of the country. It also reported weeks of fighting in the province, saying hundreds on both sides had been killed or wounded.
Anadolu placed the clash against an escalation that began in July, which it described as the most serious since a quieter period after the April 2022 truce. The Houthis hold broad stretches of northern and western Yemen, while government troops and their allies maintain positions in Aden and across much of the south and east.
Anadolu reported that government forces began Operation Dawn of Yemen on Oct. 5. Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi said the campaign aims to recover state institutions from the Houthis and retake Sanaa. The conflict began in 2014 after the Houthis took Sanaa and other provinces; a Saudi-led coalition entered the war in March 2015 to support Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Anadolu previously reported that Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Majed Abdullah al-Nuzayli claimed 780 strikes in 24 hours had left about 512 Houthi fighters neutralized. EconoTimes covered that separate tally in an earlier report on 780 strikes and about 512 fighters put out of action.
