Yemeni Armed Forces: Dozens of Raids Carried Out on Houthi Targets in (Taiz), (Sanaa), and (Saada)

Aden, Jan 1 (KUNA) – The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Thursday the execution of dozens of air strikes against military sites and targets belonging to the Houthi militias in the provinces of Taiz, Sanaa, and Saada, destroying a number of military vehicles, capabilities, and high-value command and control centers.

The official spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Majid Al-Nazili, stated in press remarks that the strikes targeted missile storage facilities, command and control centers, supply and arming points, and military gatherings, vehicles, and equipment of the militias across 14 fronts in Taiz province, which has witnessed the fiercest ground battles for the second consecutive month.

He noted that the strikes resulted in the destruction of dozens of military vehicles and capabilities, and neutralized a number of Houthi militia members, killed and wounded. He confirmed that the Armed Forces targeted 11 high-value targets in Saada province, the stronghold of the Houthi militia, while striking high-value targets in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

The spokesperson said the Armed Forces destroyed three artillery batteries at the Waziea front and a mobile air defense system in Al-Mukha, developed by experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. He added that Houthi commanders and fighters were neutralized in Al-Mansoura and the Bab al-Mandab area in southwestern Taiz province.

He pointed out that the Armed Forces repelled Houthi militia attacks on the northern and eastern fronts of the Taiz axis, as well as in the sectors of Al-Kadha, Al-Ashrouh, Al-Aqroud, Al-Masrak, and Sama’, with artillery shelling targeting militia sites and fortifications in Al-Kadha, Al-Shaqb, and the eastern front of Taiz city. He noted that warplanes carried out strikes on militia gatherings and equipment in Jabal Habashi, west of the city.

In Marib province, unmanned aircraft targeted Houthi sites and gatherings in the Al-Bur sector in the south of the province, while artillery shelled militia gatherings at the Ragwan front to the north, and air defenses shot down a Houthi unmanned drone at the northwestern front.

In Al-Jawf province, rocket artillery targeted militia gatherings at the Al-Jadafr front east of Al-Hazm, the provincial center. Meanwhile, in the Haraz axis in western Hajjah province, which borders Saudi Arabia, the Armed Forces used artillery and unmanned aircraft to strike militia movements and fortifications in the Haraz and Bani Hasan sectors. (End) S.N.S. / M.M.J.