Dhale and Marib fighting and Sanaa strikes mark Yemen Dawn’s second month

Clashes continue between Yemen’s government forces and the Houthis on the Dhale and Marib fronts, while airstrikes targeted a gas station and an oil company building in Sanaa. The army announced that about 190 Houthis had been killed or wounded, while the Houthis released footage of attacks by FPV drones.

Clashes continue between Yemen’s government forces and the Houthi group in the governorates of Dhale and Marib, alongside airstrikes targeting the capital, Sanaa, with fatalities and injuries reported on both sides, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Yemeni army said in a statement that it had repelled a Houthi attack on the Hajar front northwest of Dhale, inflicting casualties and equipment losses and forcing the attackers to retreat. It said its “emergency teams” had killed 16 Houthi fighters over the past 24 hours and released video of the operations without specifying when or where they took place.

According to the army-affiliated 26 September website, artillery units targeted Houthi positions, gatherings and vehicles on the northern front in Marib. The forces also shelled gatherings and vehicles on the governorate’s southern front.

Yemen Dawn toll

The army said its forces had carried out 29 sorties by warplanes and 39 drone strikes as part of Operation Yemen Dawn, in addition to 62 rocket-launcher missions and 744 artillery fire-support missions. It added that about 190 Houthi fighters, including senior commanders, had been killed or wounded, and that 130 military vehicles and pieces of equipment had been destroyed or put out of service. The Houthis did not comment on the figures.

For their part, the Houthis broadcast footage they said showed attacks by FPV drones on vehicles belonging to the Saudi-backed Yemeni army.

The footage, recorded by the drones’ own cameras, shows them rapidly approaching military vehicles and four-wheel-drive vehicles in desert areas before the moment of impact. The location and date of the footage could not be independently verified.

Strikes on Sanaa

The Houthi-affiliated Saba news agency said an airstrike targeted the Al-Mufazzer gas station in the Jadr area of Bani al-Harith district, north of Sanaa, and attributed the strikes to Saudi Arabia. It added that other strikes hit the oil company building in Al-Wahda district, south of the capital. Anis al-Asbahi, spokesman for the Houthi administration’s Health Ministry, said the strikes wounded six civilians and damaged homes, while one person was killed and three wounded in the attack on the gas station.

Taiz and displacement

In Taiz, Governor Nabil Shamsan said the volume of commercial goods entering the city did not exceed 10 percent of its actual needs, accusing the Houthis of obstructing transport to the city. Activists and journalists held a solidarity protest in Aden’s Al-Ard Square, calling for the siege of the city to be lifted and urging UN envoy Hans Grundberg to intervene.

The International Organization for Migration said 2,655 families comprising 15,930 people were displaced during the first week of November, with Lahij receiving the largest number of displaced people at 1,313 families. Operation Yemen Dawn, announced by Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi on October 5 to restore state institutions and take control of Sanaa, is continuing in the broadest military escalation since the April 2022 truce.

Photo: Anadolu Agency. Video: Houthi war media

Dhale and Marib fighting and Sanaa strikes mark Yemen Dawn’s second month