Yemeni Forces Strike Pro-Saudi Reinforcements South of Marib and Push in Taiz Outskirts

Taiz and Marib Fronts

Yemeni Military Media published footage showing strikes on pro-Saudi troop concentrations and reinforcements on the Al-Faliha front south of Marib Governorate, with the footage describing the destruction and burning of their vehicles. Al-Manar English said the targeting took place on the Al-Faliha front south of Marib Governorate on October 12, 2026, and the footage focused on pro-Saudi militias and reinforcements. In Taiz, Yemeni Military Media posted footage showing the clearing and securing of Jabal Habashi District, the Al-Birin Junction, and the Yafras Intersection in Taiz Governorate, and it also described the expulsion of Saudi-led enemy reinforcements from these areas.

Al Jazeera Net reported heavy fighting at the Taiz outskirts, and it said the United Nations confirmed that hunger rates in Yemen are worsening as clashes intensified around Taiz. Al Jazeera Net also said government forces reported early Monday that air force conducted a series of airstrikes against the Houthis, targeting Houthi positions in Al-‘Arsūm, Al-Marāziqān, Street 60 north of the city, Al-Man‘am Hill, Al-Khulwa Hill to the west, and the Central Security Camp to the east.

Reporting for this sectionAl-Manar TV Lebanon

Yemen Dawn Targeting Claims

Yemeni forces said they carried out 1,879 targeting operations against Houthis positions using aircraft, drones, field artillery, and rockets, while Al Jazeera Net described the escalation between Yemeni government forces backed by the Saudi-led Coalition and Ansar Allah (Houthi). Al Jazeera Net quoted the official spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces, Colonel Maajid Abdul-Ilah al-Nizili, stating that government forces carried out 1,732 precise and direct targeting operations using air power, drones, field artillery, and rockets. Al Jazeera Net also reported that Colonel Yahya Ṣạrī accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out 124 airstrikes in the past 24 hours targeting Sanaa and the governorates of Taiz, Marib, Jawf, Hajja, Hudaydah, and Sa‘dah.

Al Jazeera Net said the Houthis announced they managed to “expel” government forces from the Musarah district in Taiz governorate, while the government forces did not comment on this. Al-Manar TV Lebanon did not provide a separate casualty figure for Taiz or Marib in its footage posts, but it framed the operations as Yemeni Military Media targeting pro-Saudi militias and reinforcements on the Al-Faliha front and in Taiz areas including Jabal Habashi District.

Accountability and Civil Aviation

Yemen’s Foreign Minister Dr. Afrah al-Dawik called for a unified Islamic stance against the Houthis and against what she described as the “Houthi attacks on civilian facilities,” during a call with the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

Yemen’s Minister of Information Maj. Gen. Mamur al-Iryani urged the international community, notably the Security Council and civil aviation organizations, to take concrete steps to hold accountable those responsible for the Houthi militia attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

Maj. Gen. Mamur al-Iryani said in a post on X: “When the Houthi terrorist militia targets King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, causing innocent civilians of multiple nationalities to fall, we are not witnessing a military achievement, but a terrorist attack on human lives and civil aviation security, revealing once again the nature of this militia and its disregard for human values, international law, and norms.”

The Yemeni forces also described their “Yemen Dawn” operation as continuing its advance a week after its launch, and they said the Bab al-Mandab front and its surroundings were the fiercest as Yemeni forces announced regaining control of the Bab al-Mandab area, King Khalid International Airport, al-Omari Camp, and extending to al-Mukha City.

The Yemen-initiated Yemen Dawn operation, as described by the Yemeni forces, said it resulted in the neutralization of more than 900 militia elements and the destruction of more than 287 vehicles and military equipment.