Yemen's army said on Friday that 30 Houthi fighters were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in 24 hours of clashes and air strikes in the Al-Waziyah district west of Taiz.
A military source quoted by the Armed Forces Media Centre said Yemeni aircraft also struck Houthi vehicles and gathering points in the clash zone.
The source said army forces had “neutralised 30 Houthi fighters and wounded more than 60 others during 24 hours” of clashes on the fronts of Al-Waziyah district, west of Taiz.
The army said earlier that its air force hit Houthi supply lines and deployment points in Taiz and in the Red Sea city of Mokha.
The fighting has intensified along Yemen’s western coast over the past week, with the Houthis taking control of strategic districts in Hudaida and Taiz provinces, including Mokha, as well as Red Sea islands, including Mayyun in the Bab al Mandeb Strait.
Government forces, meanwhile, have advanced in Al-Jawf province toward its capital Al-Hazm, while clashes continue in Marib, Al-Dhale and Al-Bayda.
The escalation, which began in July, is the broadest since the relative calm that followed the April 2022 truce, with fighting intensifying this month, particularly along the western coast and around Bab al Mandab.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several provinces in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.
