Airstrikes and artillery target Houthis in Lahj as attack foiled in Shabwa

Clashes between Yemeni armed forces and Houthi militants opened two fronts in Lahj and Shabwa provinces on Tuesday, as Yemeni troops launched an assault on Houthi positions in Al-Maqatirah district, Lahj, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire. Meanwhile, Shabwa Defense Forces thwarted a Houthi attack on their positions in the Marakhah Al-Ulya front, west of the province.

In Shabwa, the Defense Forces repelled the Houthi assault on their positions in Marakhah Al-Ulya, foiling the attack after clashes that resulted in casualties among the Houthis. One soldier from the Second Brigade, Shabwa Defense, was killed during the fighting.

In Lahj province, the Yemeni armed forces focused their ground offensive on Houthi positions in the southern outskirts of Al-Maqatirah district, while simultaneously targeting other Houthi sites in the Sharj area of Ma’buq amid fierce clashes that continued since the early morning.

The strikes extended to Houthi positions, gatherings, and reinforcements through a series of air raids on Jabal Hanoud in the Rouqan area and the Al-Saha–Kurba road, accompanied by intense artillery shelling. The airstrikes targeted Houthi supply lines and reinforcements, supporting Yemeni forces in the field.

According to the original report, the precise strikes by Yemeni armed forces inflicted heavy human and material losses on the Houthis.

In a separate development in Lahj, Houthi militants shelled the main market in the city of Tur Al-Bahah on Tuesday morning with a ballistic missile and artillery, resulting in civilian casualties, according to the Yemeni Armed Forces’ September.net website.