Yemeni forces, Houthis exchange attacks, claim to inflict heavy losses

Yemen’s government says 190 rebel fighters killed and wounded in intensified attacks, as Houthis also claim dealing heavy blows. Fighting continues to rage in Yemen, with forces aligned with the country’s internationally recognised government claiming to have killed and wounded at least 190 Houthi fighters in hundreds of air and artillery attacks. Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili, a spokesman for Yemen’s government forces, said on Tuesday that the attacks targeted Houthi positions in Lahij, Taiz, Marib, al-Jawf, Hajjah and al-Bayda governorates.

In a statement, he said Yemeni government forces carried out at least 29 air strikes and 39 drone attacks. They also fired 62 rockets and carried out 744 artillery attacks, he added. “Initial field reports indicate that about 190 Houthi commanders and fighters were killed or injured,” al-Nuzaili said.

Up to 130 vehicles and combat assets used by the Iran-allied group were damaged or destroyed, he said.