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The Yemeni army announced on Thursday that it had carried out 1,729 operations against military targets belonging to the Houthi group, resulting in the neutralization of 1,370 elements and the destruction and disabling of 300 combat vehicles and pieces of equipment.
The army said in a statement: "Our forces have carried out 1,729 precise targeting operations against various military targets belonging to the militia across all axes and fronts."
It added that these operations "resulted in the neutralization of 1,370 militia elements, and the destruction and disabling of 300 vehicles, means, equipment, and gear, in addition to military sites."
The army did not specify the timeframe during which these operations were carried out or their locations, but it attached a video clip to the statement which it said included part of its forces' targeting of "observation points, advanced command and control centers, weapons depots, supply points, reinforcements, and military sites belonging to the Houthi militia," using "modern qualitative weapons, as part of the Dawn of Yemen operation."
As of 16:50 (GMT), there has been no comment from the Houthis regarding the Yemeni army's statement.
On Monday, the Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, announced the launch of the "Dawn of Yemen" operation, with the aim of "restoring state institutions, liberating the capital Sanaa, and ending the Houthi coup."
Last July, a military escalation began in Yemen, the broadest since the relative calm the country witnessed thanks to a truce that began in April 2022.
Yemen has been witnessing a war since the Houthis took control of the capital, Sanaa, and several governorates in September 2014, before an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.
Meanwhile, government forces and their allies control the interim capital, Aden (south), the governorates of Al-Mahra and Hadhramaut (east), Shabwa and Abyan (south), the majority of the governorates of Lahj, Taiz, and Al-Dhale (southwest), and parts of Marib (center), Al-Jawf, Hajjah, and Saada (north).
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