HIBAPRESS – Follow-up
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Sunday that warplanes targeted Houthi militia sites and barracks in Al-Taba Al-Sawda and Jabal Al-Munaim on the Al-Dabab front in Taiz with three raids.
The Yemeni Armed Forces published new footage of warplanes targeting Houthi militia elements and vehicles in the Killing Box area of Mukha and Dhu Bab on the west coast.
The Armed Forces had launched the Killing Box operation on Friday and called on citizens to avoid using several roads in the area. The Yemeni Armed Forces also announced that they had targeted Houthi militia sites with more than twenty airstrikes.
The Yemeni Armed Forces stated that the raids targeted Houthi militia gatherings, vehicles, rocket launchers, and communication systems in the Al-Zahir, Dhi Na'am, Al-Sawadiyah, and Makiras districts of Al-Bayda Governorate.
A statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces confirmed inflicting heavy losses in lives and equipment on the Houthis.
The Yemeni Armed Forces' aircraft targeted Houthi militia gatherings, vehicles, and equipment in Dhu Bab and the west coast.
The Yemeni Cabinet, chaired by Shayea Al-Zindani, discussed the repercussions of the Houthi escalation.
Al-Zindani stated that the Houthi escalation is extensive and dangerous, extending beyond the Yemeni arena and connected to an Iranian agenda that uses Yemen and its strategic location to threaten the security of the region and international navigation.
He stressed that the difficult field developments should not be understood as the end of the confrontation or a decisive victory.
The United Nations reported that at least 76,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since July, noting that the pace of displacement has accelerated with the intensification of fighting between the Houthis and government forces.
The International Organization for Migration warned of a rapidly worsening displacement crisis in Yemen, which is developing hour by hour. It added that a quarter of the displaced were forced to leave in the last week, as the Houthis launched their offensive.
Authorities in Djibouti also announced that approximately 1,400 people have fled Yemen to Djibouti in the past twenty-four hours amid the escalation by the Houthi militia.
The Humanitarian Response Coordinator at the International Organization for Migration stated that women and children are among the arrivals, explaining in a statement to Agence France-Presse that the displaced arrived in Obock in northern Djibouti, expecting more arrivals in the coming days.
For her part, the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Afrah Al-Zouba, called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to take urgent action regarding the humanitarian repercussions of the Houthi escalation.
The minister confirmed in a letter to Türk that the Houthi escalation has exacerbated humanitarian conditions and waves of displacement.
She warned that the extension of the Houthi threat to the Bab el-Mandeb multiplies the risks to civilians, international navigation, and supply chains.
The Yemeni Foreign Minister reiterated her call for the Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner to condemn the Houthi violations and pressure for their cessation.
