Yemeni government forces said in a social media post that they had carried out 2,103 “precise targeting operations”.
Published on October 8, 2026
Yemeni government forces said they had “neutralized” 1,860 Houthi fighters since launching a large-scale counter-offensive to retake territory under the control of the Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for followers of God).
The internationally recognized government’s military spokesperson said in a social media post on Thursday that it had carried out 2,103 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi military positions on several fronts as part of the ongoing “Yemen Dawn” operation.
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The Saudi-backed Yemeni government also says its forces have captured strategic mountain positions in western Taiz, overlooking the coast.
Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Council, announced on Sunday Operation Yemen Dawn aimed at retaking all Houthi-controlled territories, including the capital, Sanaa, which the Iran-backed group has controlled since 2014.
Fighting in Yemen has focused in recent days on areas around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a shipping route that has become more crucial for energy exports since the U.S.-Iran conflict restricted trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
Forces aligned with the Yemeni government launched an operation on Tuesday aimed at capturing strategic territory near the strait and around the town of Mocha, which the Houthis captured in September.
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it had destroyed 82 Houthi military targets in the Yemeni governorates of Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib.
The coalition spokesperson said in a statement that the targets included ballistic missile sites, including “11 mountain-based ballistic missile storages in Saada, command and control centers, communications systems, missile and weapons storages.”
The new operation follows Houthi attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and Abha International Airport, according to the spokesperson.
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said the attacks on the two airports killed three people.
One person was killed and eight injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport, and two were killed and 28 injured in an attack on facilities at Abha airport, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
The attacks sparked condemnation across the region. Kuwait denounced the attacks as a “blatant violation” of Saudi sovereignty and international law. The Muslim World League (MWL) also condemned the strikes, calling them “treacherous terrorist attacks.” Egypt said the attacks threatened the security of the entire region.
As fighting continues to rage, Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations met on Wednesday with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Yemen to discuss the situation in the country.
During his talks with Hans Grundberg, Abdullah al-Saadi accused the Houthis of rejecting peace initiatives and de-escalation efforts proposed by the Yemeni government.
Al-Saadi stressed that the government’s goal is to expand its control over the entire country and end the Houthis’ ability to wage war. He said the government was seeking a definitive end to the war and was not interested in a temporary truce, arguing that such a scenario would only lead to a resumption of fighting at a later date.
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