Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media on the 6th the group launched dozens of strikes on "Saudi-backed fighters" concentration points in Lahij province in southern Yemen, claiming more than 200 killed or wounded — a toll it called "unprecedented" in recent fighting. He said Houthis also struck concentration points in eastern Jawf and eastern Marib (an oil-producing province), dismissed reports of large-scale government advances on the Red Sea coast as exaggerated, and said o

2026-10-06

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media on the 6th the group launched dozens of strikes on "Saudi-backed fighters" concentration points in Lahij province in southern Yemen, claiming more than 200 killed or wounded — a toll it called "unprecedented" in recent fighting. He said Houthis also struck concentration points in eastern Jawf and eastern Marib (an oil-producing province), dismissed reports of large-scale government advances on the Red Sea coast as exaggerated, and said operations against government forces continue in Taiz province in the southwest.