Yemeni government forces claim 1,860 Houthis ‘neutralised’

Yemeni government forces said in a social media post that they carried out 2,103 “precise targeting operations.”

This screen grab taken from video footage released by the pro-Yemeni government Southern Giants Brigades on October 6, 2026 shows a fighter firing a turrent from the back of a "technical" pickup truck during clashes with Houthis in Taiz province. [AFP]

Yemeni government forces said they have “neutralised” 1,860 Houthi fighters since launching a large-scale counter-offensive to retake territory under control of the rebel group.

The spokesperson for the internationally recognised government’s army said in a social media post early on Thursday local time that they carried out 2,103 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi military positions across several fronts as part of the ongoing “Dawn of Yemen” operation.

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Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, announced on Sunday the “Dawn of Yemen” operation to retake all Houthi-held territory, including the capital, Sanaa, which the Iran-backed group has controlled since 2014.

Battles in Yemen have 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 conflict between the US and Iran restricted trade through the Strait of Hormuz.

Forces aligned with the Yemeni government launched an operation on Tuesday to capture strategic territory near the strait and around the city of Mocha, which the Houthis had captured in September.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it destroyed 82 Houthi military targets in the Yemeni governorates of Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib.

The spokesperson for the coalition said in a statement the targets included ballistic missile sites including “11 mountain-based ballistic missile storages in Saada, command and control centres, communication systems, missile and weapons storages”.

The new operation followed Houthi attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh 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 wounded in an attack on King Khalid International Airport, and two were killed and 28 wounded in an attack on facilities at Abha airport, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement.

也门政府军在社交媒体上发帖称，他们进行了 2103 次“精确打击行动”。

这张截图取自亲也门政府的南方巨人旅于2026年10月6日发布的视频片段，显示一名战士在塔伊兹省与胡塞武装交战期间，从一辆“技术型”皮卡车的后部发射炮塔。[法新社]

也门政府军表示，自发起大规模反攻以夺回被胡塞武装控制的领土以来，他们已经“消灭”了 1860 名胡塞武装分子。

当地时间周四早些时候，国际公认的也门政府军发言人在社交媒体上发帖称，作为正在进行的“也门黎明”行动的一部分，他们在多个战线上对胡塞武装阵地进行了 2103 次“精确打击行动”。

也门胡塞武装袭击亚丁机场（共3条记录，第1条）；沙特军队在利雅得附近击落导弹

联合国称，也门战乱升级，超过20万人流离失所（共3项，此为第2项）。

（共3条记录，此为第3条）利雅得方面称，胡塞武装袭击沙特机场，造成3人死亡，36人受伤

也门总统领导委员会主席拉沙德·阿利米周日宣布启动“也门黎明”行动，旨在收复所有胡塞武装控制的领土，包括首都萨那。自 2014 年以来，胡塞武装一直控制着这个由伊朗支持的组织。

近几日，也门的战斗集中在曼德海峡周边地区。自美国和伊朗之间的冲突限制了通过霍尔木兹海峡的贸易以来，这条航运路线对能源出口变得更加重要。

与也门政府结盟的部队周二发起行动，夺取海峡附近和摩卡市周围的战略要地，这些地区是胡塞武装在9月份占领的。

沙特领导的联军周三表示，他们在也门萨达省、荷台达省、焦夫省和马里卜省摧毁了胡塞武装的 82 个军事目标。

联军发言人在一份声明中表示，打击目标包括弹道导弹基地，其中包括“萨达山上的11个弹道导弹储存库、指挥控制中心、通信系统、导弹和武器储存库”。

发言人称，此次新的行动是在胡塞武装周二和周三袭击利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场和艾卜哈国际机场之后展开的。

沙特阿拉伯民航局称，对两座机场的袭击造成三人死亡。

民航总局在一份声明中表示，哈立德国王国际机场遭到袭击，造成一人死亡，八人受伤；艾卜哈机场设施遭到袭击，造成两人死亡，28人受伤。