Yemen army says Houthis fired two ballistic missiles at Aden

Yemen’s government army said Saturday that the Houthis fired two ballistic missiles at Aden, the government’s temporary capital, while government forces carried out 723 strikes and operations against the group, Anadolu Agency reported.

Army spokesman Majed al-Nuzaili said the missiles targeted the southern city, according to the official Saba news agency. He gave no details about possible casualties or damage.

In a separate statement on “X”, al-Nuzaili said government forces had targeted Houthi positions, reinforcements and weapons as part of Operation Yemen Dawn.

Preliminary Houthi losses stood at about 321 commanders and fighters killed or wounded, he said. A further 117 military vehicles and pieces of equipment were destroyed or damaged.

The operations comprised 37 airstrikes, 56 drone strikes and 630 artillery and rocket attacks, according to the spokesman.

Al-Nuzaili said government forces were countering Houthi attacks in Taiz, Marib and Al-Jawf, with operations continuing on the southern and southwestern fronts. The Houthis did not immediately comment on the Yemeni military’s statements.

Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and other parts of the country. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government, triggering years of fighting and a severe humanitarian crisis.

Renewed escalation between government forces and the Houthis began in July following the collapse of a ceasefire reached in 2022.