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Thwarting massive Houthi attacks in Taiz and Lahj... and raids destroying the militia’s command room

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Thwarting massive Houthi attacks in Taiz and Lahj... and raids destroying the militia’s command room

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The Yemeni government forces announced, on Tuesday, that they had repelled attacks launched by the Houthi militia in multiple formats on several fronts in Taiz Governorate, amid air support from military aircraft and marches.

The media center of the Taiz Military Axis reported that the battles were concentrated on the northern front of the city, coinciding with confrontations on the Al-Shaqab front in the Sabr Al-Mawadim District to the south.

The air strikes and field operations - according to the center - resulted in the destruction of a weapons store and a command room in Al-Dhabab in the west, and a tank in the Al-Arsoum area in the north, and the targeting of Houthi gatherings in Al-Aqrodh and Al-Misrakh, amid estimates of 98 dead and 148 wounded among the militia’s ranks.

This coincided with the "Giants' Brigades" forces thwarting a large-scale attack launched by the Houthi militia on the Kahboub front, west of Lahj Governorate, after violent battles in which various types of weapons were used, amid continuing confrontations on the Taiz and western coast fronts as part of the "Yemen Dawn" military operations.

The Giants Brigades forces said, in a statement published on their account on the

The Kahboub Front gains strategic importance given its location close to Bab al-Mandab, one of the most important sea lanes for global trade and energy supplies.

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