Yemen gov’t forces advance in Taiz as Houthis claim attack on Saudi Arabia

Yemeni government forces have advanced in western Taiz after successfully repelling a Houthi offensive.

A member of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces mans a turret gun mounted on the back of a pick-up truck at a checkpoint along the Kadha front line west of Taiz in western Yemen on September 13, 2026 [AFP]

Armed forces affiliated with Yemen’s internationally recognised government have retaken positions from the Houthis and are advancing in the southwestern Taiz province as clashes intensify.

Reporting from Taiz on Monday, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Yasser Hassan said forces loyal to the Saudi Arabia-backed Yemeni government advanced in western Taiz on Sunday after successfully repelling a Houthi offensive.

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“This comes with the support of air strikes targeting Houthi gatherings. The air force continues to bomb the Houthis. On the west coast in Mocha, Dhubab, and their surroundings,” Hassan said, citing a source in government forces.

In a statement on Monday, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah (supporters of God), said they launched attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones.

The group said the attacks targeted “military facilities and infrastructure, including aircraft hangars, radar installations, runways, ammunition depots and other targets at King Khalid airbase in Khamis Mushait”, Saudi Arabia.

It said the attacks were a response to a Saudi offensive, which involved more than 300 air strikes across Yemen over five days.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia on the Houthi claims.

On Sunday, the Saudi civil defence agency sent alerts for the city of Abha and the region around Khamis Mushait, but they were quickly lifted shortly afterwards.

Fighting in Yemen’s more than 10-year civil war reignited in July, threatening a United Nations-brokered truce that halted large-scale violence in 2022, after the Houthis declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.

The fighting soon spilled over beyond the country’s borders, with the Houthis carrying out air attacks on southern Saudi Arabia, including oil facilities. Dozens of people were wounded in those attacks.

Clashes in Yemen intensified last week after the Houthis captured parts of the country’s Red Sea coast, fortifying their hold on the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a key waterway which handles about 12 percent of global trade, including 11 percent of maritime oil and 8 percent of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The waterway has been an economic lifeline for Saudi Arabia and its oil exports, as the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blocked by Iranian forces since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in February.

The Houthis captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, The Associated Press news agency reported on Monday, citing Yemeni government and Houthi officials.

Houthi fighters were deployed on the islands of Greater Hanish and Lesser Hanish about 86 nautical miles (160km) north of the Bab al-Mandeb, according to two government officials and a Houthi official, the AP reported.

Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration said on Sunday the fighting in Yemen in recent weeks had displaced nearly 86,000 people.

It added that some of those displaced by the conflict were fleeing Yemen altogether, with more than 2,000 people reaching neighbouring country Djibouti.

也门政府军在成功击退胡塞武装的进攻后，在塔伊兹西部地区取得了进展。

2026年9月13日，在也门西部塔伊兹以西的卡达前线的一个检查站，一名沙特支持的也门政府军士兵操作一辆皮卡车后部的炮塔。[法新社]

隶属于也门国际公认政府的武装部队已从胡塞武装手中夺回阵地，并在西南部的塔伊兹省推进，冲突愈演愈烈。

半岛电视台阿拉伯语频道记者亚西尔·哈桑周一从塔伊兹报道称，效忠沙特阿拉伯支持的也门政府的部队在成功击退胡塞武装的进攻后，于周日在塔伊兹西部取得了进展。

列表 1/3：随着战事升级，超过 2000 名也门人逃往吉布提

列表 2/3：胡塞武装在也门的升级行动可能失败

也门政府军与胡塞武装之间的战斗仍在继续：最新情况如何？（列表 3/3）

哈桑援引政府军消息人士的话说：“这得益于针对胡塞武装集结地的空袭。空军继续轰炸胡塞武装，尤其是在西海岸的摩卡、杜巴布及其周边地区。”

胡塞武装（又称安萨尔真主）周一发表声明称，他们使用数十枚弹道导弹和无人机对沙特阿拉伯境内的目标发动了袭击。

该组织称，袭击目标是沙特阿拉伯哈米斯穆沙伊特国王哈立德空军基地的“军事设施和基础设施，包括飞机库、雷达设施、跑道、弹药库和其他目标”。

声明称，此次袭击是对沙特阿拉伯发动的攻势的回应，沙特阿拉伯在五天内对也门发动了 300 多次空袭。

沙特阿拉伯方面尚未对胡塞武装的说法作出回应。

周日，沙特民防部门对艾卜哈市和哈米斯穆沙伊特周边地区发布了警报，但警报很快被解除。

也门持续十余年的内战于7月再次爆发，威胁到联合国斡旋达成的停火协议。该协议旨在阻止2022年的大规模暴力冲突。此前，胡塞武装宣布对沙特阿拉伯实施海上封锁，并开始在红海袭击其船只。

战火很快蔓延到沙特境外，胡塞武装对沙特南部地区，包括石油设施，发动了空袭。这些袭击造成数十人受伤。

上周，也门胡塞武装占领了该国红海沿岸部分地区，加强了对曼德海峡的控制，导致也门冲突加剧。曼德海峡是一条重要的水道，承担着全球约 12% 的贸易，其中包括 11% 的海上石油和 8% 的液化天然气 (LNG)。

自美国和以色列于 2 月对伊朗发动战争以来，霍尔木兹海峡一直被伊朗军队有效封锁，这条水道一直是沙特阿拉伯及其石油出口的经济生命线。

据美联社周一报道，也门政府和胡塞武装官员称，胡塞武装占领了红海南部更多具有战略意义的岛屿。

据美联社报道，两名政府官员和一名胡塞武装官员称，胡塞武装人员已部署在大哈尼什岛和小哈尼什岛上，该岛位于曼德海峡以北约 86 海里（160 公里）处。

与此同时，国际移民组织周日表示，也门最近几周的战斗已导致近 86,000 人流离失所。

报告还指出，一些因冲突而流离失所的人彻底逃离了也门，其中 2000 多人抵达邻国吉布提。