Ongoing Clashes Between Yemeni Forces and Houthis in Taiz and Lahij

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The Yemeni armed forces are engaged in fierce battles against Houthi militia elements along the front lines extending from "Kahbob" in the west to "Al-Sharirah" in the east, in the areas located between the Al-Wazi'ah district south of Taiz and the Al-Mudharabah district west of Lahij.

Field sources reported that the Houthi militia has sent reinforcements, vehicles, and military trucks towards the fronts of Al-Wazi'ah and Al-Mudharabah, coinciding with their launch of intensive attacks on several axes, amidst violent clashes that are still ongoing.

The sources confirmed today, Tuesday, that the confrontations have focused in the areas of Al-Sharirah, Al-Muhawilah, Al-Agbah, and Rasin; following a wide attack launched by the Houthis after their military reinforcements arrived. They explained that the militias are trying through this escalation to achieve field gains on the ground, before the legitimate forces complete their preparations for the next phase, according to information from Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath.

In the same context, the government forces' warplanes launched several airstrikes on Houthi positions and gatherings in the Rasin and Al-Agbah fronts in the Al-Mudharabah district.

Field sources indicated that the aviation launched a series of precise airstrikes targeting reinforcements and gatherings of the Houthi militia in the Mawiyah area, Al-Jund, and around Taiz Airport, east of Taiz, and on Al-Sittin Street north of Taiz, where the militias were reinforcing the battlefronts in Khaboub, Al-Waziyah, and Al-Mudharabah.

The front lines of the confrontation between the provinces of Taiz and Lahij in southwestern Yemen have witnessed since yesterday, Monday, the fiercest clashes between government forces and the Houthi group, concentrated in the Al-Aghabirah area in the Al-Mudharabah district and Ras Al-Arah in Lahij province, coinciding with military movements and reinforcements for the Houthis in the Taiz frontlines.

In Taiz province, the Taiz military axis stated that the fronts of the province witnessed confrontations and military operations over the past 24 hours, which included targeting a platform for launching a ballistic missile in Jabal Oman east of Taiz. It clarified that government forces repelled a Houthi attack in Bani Bakari on the Jabal Habashi front west of the province, "and killed a group of Houthis during an infiltration attempt on the air defense front northwest of Taiz," noting that "12 Houthis were killed and 13 others were injured in various fronts of the axis."

It is noteworthy that the fronts in the south and west of Taiz have been witnessing continuous confrontations since the beginning of September, with the lines of contact extending towards Lahij province and mutual air and artillery shelling between the two sides.