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Yemen17 September, 20263 min read

Yemeni Army Begins Counter-Offensive on Southern Joraḥi Front in Hudaydah, Navy Destroys Houthi Boats

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Yemeni army launched counter-offensive on the southern Jorah front in Hudaydah. Navy destroyed Houthi boats amid ongoing clashes.

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Yemeni Army Begins Counter-Offensive on Southern Joraḥi Front in Hudaydah, Navy Destroys Houthi Boats
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Counter-offensive on Joraḥi

The Yemeni Army announced the start of a counter-offensive on the southern Joraḥi front in Hudaydah Governorate, with the Yemeni Navy destroying two Houthi boats attempting to target al-Fajra and the Mocha Port. Aajil said the Yemeni Air Force conducted airstrikes on Houthi positions and storehouses in Taiz, Hudaydah, and Al-Jawf, while Yemeni Army artillery targeted Houthi sites in al-Kasara in Marib Governorate. Clashes erupted between the Yemeni Army and the Houthi militia on the Shaqib front south of Taiz, as Houthi shelling targeted civilians, according to Aajil.

In parallel, Al Jazeera reported that at least four civilians were killed and nine others injured in a Houthi missile strike on a crowded road in southwestern Yemen, targeting a gathering along the strategic Heijah al-Abd road south of Taiz city. Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry said, “The aim seems to be for the Houthis to push towards Bab al-Mandeb, and gain territory towards the city and Red Sea port city of al-Makha [Mocha],” linking the fighting to pressure on Red Sea access.

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Reactions and competing tolls

Al Jazeera said the Houthi missile strike on the Heijah al-Abd road came amid heavy fighting across key front lines in the Taiz and Hodeidah governorates, and it cited Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency for the casualty figures. In a separate report, Anadolu Ajansı said a Houthi missile strike in Taiz killed four civilians and injured nine others, describing the attack as hitting passenger buses on the Heijah al-Abd road. Al Jazeera also quoted Yousef Mawry describing the wider battlefield logic, saying, “The goal for government forces is not so much to gain territory, but to recapture the areas that have fallen under the control of the Houthis,” as government reinforcements were said to be on the way.

On the political and diplomatic side, Al Jazeera reported that Kuwait Foreign Ministry expressed “absolute solidarity with the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” in a post on X, condemning the Houthi attacks on Taif. Al Jazeera further recorded Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi’s response to Saudi claims about Mecca, saying, “It’s a heinous lie,” while calling the accusation “a great propaganda.”

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Humanitarian fallout and next moves

Al Jazeera reported that the renewed surge in violence triggered another humanitarian crisis, with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) saying the fighting forced nearly 1,800 families to flee their homes in less than 48 hours. It added that heavy shelling in the Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi districts of Taiz completely emptied several camps for displaced people, while aid groups warned some families remained trapped directly on the front lines and needed safe passage. Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry said relief efforts faced hurdles as phone and internet networks remained cut off across the combat zones, and it quoted aid groups warning emergency stocks were “severely depleted”, leaving them with “limited capacity” to help those displaced.

Aajil described the Yemeni Army’s operational focus across multiple governorates, saying the artillery targeted Houthi sites in al-Kasara in Marib Governorate and that airstrikes hit Houthi storehouses in Taiz, Hudaydah, and Al-Jawf. The same Aajil report said the Yemeni Army continues the battle along the coast fronts as government forces confront the Houthis west of Taiz, with the Navy destroying two Houthi boats attempting to target al-Fajra and the Mocha Port.

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