At least 81 fighters have been killed since Thursday in renewed clashes between Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen. News agency AFP reported this information, citing two military officials and medical sources from rebel-held areas.
A military official on the Red Sea coast stated that 24 members of government forces were killed in the fighting. Another military official reported that 15 additional government soldiers were killed in the interior of Taiz.
Meanwhile, according to medical sources in Houthi-controlled areas, at least 42 Houthi fighters were killed in clashes with government forces.
Intense fighting erupted again in Yemen on Thursday. During this time, Houthi forces launched ground offensives alongside rocket and drone attacks near the Red Sea coastal areas and the Taiz region.
A government military source told AFP that the Houthis are attempting to cut off the key port city of Mocha—which has been under attack for weeks—from other government-controlled areas. Simultaneously, they are trying to advance their positions closer to the strategically vital Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Yemen has been gripped by civil war for over a decade. The country became directly involved in the ongoing Middle East conflict that began last July; at that time, the Houthis resumed hostilities with Saudi-backed government forces, effectively breaking the ceasefire that had been in place since 2022.
