Yemen's army claims 267 Houthi fighters hit in 992 operations

992 operations against Houthi forces had left about 267 fighters and commanders killed, injured or withdrawing, Yemen's army claimed on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported.

Military spokesman Majed al-Nuzaili said in a post on the social media platform X that the campaign included 19 airstrikes, 29 drone attacks and 944 artillery and rocket strikes on Houthi sites, reinforcements and equipment.

Early field assessments pointed to 97 military vehicles and weapons being destroyed or damaged, al-Nuzaili added.

Al-Nuzaili claimed government forces had advanced in Al-Jawf province and on the southern and southwestern fronts, though he did not identify the positions taken.

He said fighting was still under way in Marib and Taiz.

The Houthis had not yet responded to the military's claims.

Earlier on Sunday, the army separately announced that nine officers, two of them field commanders, had been killed during the operation, and funerals were held in Marib.

The military did not say when or where those officers died.

In other statements, the army reported strikes on Houthi positions and vehicles in Marib and Lahj but gave no casualty figures.

The Saudi-led coalition said earlier on Sunday that it had intercepted a Houthi drone and five missiles aimed at the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry said falling debris caused minor damage to an Aramco administrative building in Riyadh after an attempted attack, and no one was hurt.

UN reports say the renewed fighting, which began in July, has killed or wounded around 10,000 people.

Yemen has been in conflict since 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and other parts of the country.

A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to support Yemen's internationally recognized government, which set off years of fighting and a severe humanitarian crisis.

The latest escalation has ended a relative calm that had held since 2022 and further worsened the country's humanitarian and displacement crisis.