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Yemen’s army claims over 1,500 Houthi casualties in past 24 hours

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Yemen’s army claims that it carried out nearly 500 military operations over the past day, resulting in 1,540 Houthi casualties, according to a statement by Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili. The majority of these casualties occurred in Taiz governorate where government forces halted a Houthi advance. Meanwhile, the key border crossing at al-Houban has been closed due to security concerns following attempted infiltrations and attacks near the area.
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In Yemen, fighting has intensified significantly over the past 24 hours, with Yemen’s internationally recognized government forces claiming responsibility for nearly 500 military operations, which killed or wounded a total of 1,540 Houthi fighters across various parts of the country. The attacks were carried out using warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles, and rocket launchers. Most casualties occurred in the governorate of Taiz, halting an attempted Houthi advance on government-held territory. Meanwhile, a key border crossing at al-Houban in Taiz was closed by government forces, although it had previously been reopened to civilians for humanitarian reasons only a short time ago. Additionally, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted three ballistic missiles targeting southern Saudi Arabia as part of ongoing conflict efforts.

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3Saudi Houthi Houthis Taiz Yemen

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Yemen GPE · 8× Houthis NORP · 5× Taiz GPE · 5× Houthi NORP · 4× 3Saudi NORP · 1× Al Jazeera ORG · 1× Ammar al-Sami’i PERSON · 1× Majed Abdullah al-Nazili PERSON · 1× Medina GPE · 1× al-Nazili PERSON · 1×

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The crossing had previously been closed for nine years and was later reopened to civilians in 2024 for “humanitarian reasons”, Sami’i said, as the road is one of Yemen’s most important connections between territory held by the opposing sides.
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Yemen’s army claims over 1,500 Houthi casualties in past 24 hours · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

Yemen’s internationally recognised government forces have carried out nearly 500 military operations, killing or wounding 1,540 Houthi rebels in the past 24 hours, according to the army. uncertain
forces → recognise → army
Warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers were used to target Houthi positions in various parts of Yemen, military spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said on Friday evening. asserted
Nazili → use → evening
Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Saudi-led coalition says power station attacked in Medina, blames Houthis - list 2 of 3After asserted
station → lead → Houthis
, Yemen’s government forces hold the line - list 3 of 3Three in four households go hungry in parts of Yemen amid fighting: UN asserted
forces → hold → fighting
Most of the casualties came in the governorate of Taiz where the operations halted the Houthi advance, al-Nazili said. asserted
Nazili → come → advance
The government-held city of Taiz has become a focal point of the renewed fighting. asserted
city → hold → fighting
The army spokesman did not mention any casualties among government forces. asserted
spokesman → mention → forces
Key border crossing closed On Saturday, the army’s media official Ammar al-Sami’i told Al Jazeera that the government had closed the al-Houban crossing in Taiz. asserted
government → close → Taiz
The crossing had previously been closed for nine years and was later reopened to civilians in 2024 for “humanitarian reasons”, Sami’i said, as the road is one of Yemen’s most important connections between territory held by the opposing sides. asserted
road → close → sides
It connects Houthi-held al-Houban to government-held Taiz city. asserted
It → connect → city
Sami’i said security reasons are behind the closure, following an attempt by the Houthis to infiltrate Taiz via the road, attacks in the vicinity and a general military buildup. asserted
reasons → say → vicinity
A fragile truce struck between the government and the Houthis in 2022 collapsed in July this year, and fighting in Yemen has escalated significantly since then. asserted
fighting → strike → Yemen
In mid-September, the Houthis swept across parts of western Yemen, seizing the port city of Mocha and key strategic islands in the Bab al-Mandeb strait. asserted
Houthis → sweep → strait
Since then, anti-Houthi forces have largely stabilised the front lines. asserted
forces → stabilise → lines
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the fighting restarted. asserted
fighting → displace → people
Yemen has been embroiled in civil war since the Houthis seized the capital of Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally recognised government to retreat to Aden. asserted
Houthis → embroil → Aden
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