Yemen's Government Says 20,000 Houthi Fighters Were Killed or Wounded in One Month—but the Figures Remain Independently Unverified
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Yemen's government says 20,000 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in one month—but the figures remain independently unverified
Yemen's internationally recognized government claims its month-old offensive killed or wounded 20,000 Houthi fighters, while fighting around Taiz has displaced more than 250,000 people and figures remain disputed.
The Yemeni president announced on 4 October the beginning of the "Yemen Dawn" operation, a counter-offensive when the Houthis had succeeded in conquering new parts of Yemen's territory in previous weeks, including taking control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait area. But a month later, Saudi-backed government forces struggled to move forward.
Tomas - Al-Quds al-Arabiyah: Operation _____ exploded Yemen on 5 October, in a governmental attempt to halt the progress of the Houthis and restore the initiative, months after the escalation of confrontations and their expansion into strategic areas in the Ta'izz and Hudaydah governorates, and into the vicinity of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. A month after its launch, operations expanded to cover the West Coast fronts, Ta'izz, Lahij and Marab [...]
Yemen: government says it “neutralised” 20,000 Houthis in a month – more than 40,000 strikes in “Dawn of Yemen”
A month into the “Dawn of Yemen” operation, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council says its forces carried out 40,761 strikes and neutralised about 20,000 Houthis, claims that cannot be independently verified.
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