Yemen’s armed forces have conducted 943 airstrikes and ground strikes against Houthi positions, military sites and equipment over the past few hours, the army’s spokesperson announced on Friday.
In a statement, the spokesperson said the operations were part of the “Dawn of Yemen” campaign, comprising 18 airstrikes, 21 drone strikes, 27 rocket‑launcher attacks and 877 artillery strikes.
The operations targeted Houthi positions, fortifications, firing points, troop concentrations and military vehicles across multiple fronts, the statement indicated.
In Taiz, government forces, bolstered by popular resistance groups, engaged Houthi fighters along several axes, repelling attacks and targeting gatherings and reinforcements, the spokesperson said.
Units on the Marib and Al‑Jawf fronts also launched assaults on Houthi positions, while maintaining engagement with fighters, targeting military equipment, and responding to enemy movements and sources of fire.
On the southern and southwestern fronts, forces from the Nation’s Shield, Giants Brigades and National Resistance continued operations against Houthi assaults and infiltration attempts. The statement reported that fighting remained ongoing, with some areas shifting to government control.
The operations resulted in 221 Houthi commanders and fighters killed or wounded, and 73 military vehicles, equipment items and heavy engineering machinery were destroyed or disabled, the spokesperson said. Houthi positions and fortifications also sustained damage.
The armed forces stated they would persist in operations to achieve the objectives of the “Dawn of Yemen” campaign, emphasizing that precautions were being taken to safeguard civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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