The Yemeni army regains areas from Houthi control south of Taiz

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On Saturday evening, the Yemeni Armed Forces, backed by popular resistance, regained control of the Al-Makarma and Al-Zakira areas in Al-Shamaytain District, south of Taiz Governorate, southwest of the country.

While Al Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent reported that Yemeni warplanes targeted Houthi gatherings and vehicles north of Ma’rib and west of Al-Jawf.

He also said that a Yemeni warplane raid targeted a Houthi missile platform west of Al-Jawf.

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the implementation of 257 specific and precise targeting operations, targeting the locations and movements of the Houthi militia.

Military operations resulted in the neutralization of at least 700 militia members during the recent strikes.

The official Yemeni News Agency quoted a military source as saying that the armed forces and popular resistance from the Sami District were able to control the strategic Jabal al-Jaasha, after tightening their control over the Hisn Sami Mountain, amid heavy human and material losses among the ranks of the Houthi terrorist militia, which included the killing and wounding of dozens of its members.

The source reported that the confrontations are still continuing, in conjunction with the armed forces launching counterattacks on the Jabal Habashi, Al-Kadha, and Al-Shamaytain fronts, and the liberation of the Al-Makarma and Al-Zakira areas, which witnessed violent confrontations that resulted in the defeat of the militias and their incurring heavy losses.

On Saturday, violent battles continued between government forces and the popular resistance on the one hand, and the Houthi militia on the other hand, on several fronts in Taiz Governorate, in conjunction with air strikes that targeted militia sites, movements and reinforcements.

The media center of the Taiz Military Axis explained that the violent battles continued for the third day in a row on a number of fronts of the Taiz Axis, and were concentrated in Al-Kadha and Bani Bakari in the Jabal Habashi District, and the Sami’ front in the south of the governorate and Jabal Han in Al-Dhabab.. confirming that the armed forces achieved progress in Sam’i and confronted a violent Houthi attack in Al-Dhabab.

According to the center, the armed forces, supported by the popular resistance, achieved field progress on the Sami front, and were able to regain control of Jabal al-Hosn, following violent confrontations with the Houthi militia.

On the Fog Front, west of the city of Taiz, government forces repelled a violent attack launched by the Houthi militia on Jabal Han and Hazran, and forced the militia to retreat after violent confrontations and inflicting heavy losses.

The rest of the fronts also witnessed intermittent clashes and artillery shelling, during which government forces targeted militia gatherings, vehicles, and weapons in Jabal Ghurab and Tabat al-Qarn, west of the city. They also targeted a militia tank on the northern front, and bombed Houthi gatherings in the Central Security Camp on the eastern front.

The media center for the Taiz axis indicated that, on Saturday evening, government forces thwarted two infiltration attempts carried out by the Houthi militia on the Al-Anin front in the Jabal Habashi district and the Jabal Han front, west of Taiz, and forced them to retreat, pointing out that the confrontations resulted in the killing and wounding of dozens of Houthi militia members.

These developments come in light of a simultaneous Houthi military escalation taking place on several fronts in Taiz Governorate, amid Houthi attempts to advance on a number of axes, which are met with confrontations and counterattacks from government forces and the popular resistance.