On the evening of October 2nd, Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili, spokesman for the Yemeni army, said that government forces had used fighter jets, drones, artillery, missiles, and rockets to attack Houthi positions in several areas.
According to al-Nazili, Taiz province is where the majority of Houthi casualties have been recorded. Military operations are believed to have halted Houthi advances in the area. The city of Taiz, currently controlled by the Yemeni government, is becoming one of the most intense battlegrounds in Yemen.
On October 3, military spokesman Ammar al-Sami'i announced that Yemeni authorities had closed the al-Houban border crossing in Taiz province for security reasons.
This border crossing was closed for nine years and only reopened to civilians in 2024 for humanitarian reasons. It is one of the important routes connecting areas controlled by the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels, linking Houthi-controlled al-Houban with the city of Taiz.
According to al-Sami'i, the decision to close the route was made after the Houthi attempted to infiltrate Taiz via this road, along with attacks occurring in the area and the reinforcement of military forces by both sides.
The fragile ceasefire between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels, reached in 2022, collapsed in July 2026, leading to increased fighting in the country.
In mid-September, the Houthi expanded their control over several areas in western Yemen, including the port city of Mocha and several strategic islands near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Following these advances, anti-Houthi forces said they had largely consolidated their front lines. Resumed fighting has also forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Yemen has been embroiled in a protracted civil war since 2014, when the Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa and forced the internationally recognized government to relocate its center of operations to Aden.
Source: https://congluan.vn/yemen-tuyen-bo-hon-1500-thanh-vien-houthi-thuong-vong-trong-24-gio-post362761.html
