The four Iranian experts the Yemeni military said were killed in Taiz on Sunday are believed to be members of the same team linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Sheba Intelligence reported two days earlier had been tracked and targeted while moving through western Taiz.

  The identical number of Iranian personnel, the location of the incidents and their close timing strengthen the possibility that the two reports concern the same team. The Yemeni military, however, has not released the names of the four Iranians, preventing an independent confirmation of the match.

Sheba Intelligence reported on September 25 that four men identified by sources inside the Houthi movement as experts linked to the IRGC had gone missing after being targeted while traveling through western Taiz. Houthi search teams later recovered the bodies of two of the men, while the other two remained missing at the time of publication.

According to information obtained by Sheba Intelligence, the four men had been traveling with a Houthi convoy that reached Al-Barh in Maqbanah district. They later separated from the main force and traveled with escorts along a secondary route toward Jabal Habashi, while the rest of the force continued toward Mocha and the Red Sea front.

Their vehicle was subsequently targeted after breaking away from the convoy.

756 Strikes in 72 Hours

The announcement of the Iranian deaths came as part of a broad military campaign by Yemeni government forces across several fronts.

Yemeni military spokesman Col. Majed Abdullah Al-Nazili said government forces carried out 756 targeting operations over 72 hours against Houthi positions, personnel and military capabilities across Kitaf and Al-Buqaa, the Alab front, Al-Jawf, Marib, Al-Bayda, Lahj and Taiz.

The operations involved air power, drones, snipers, field artillery and rocket launchers, according to the military statement. Targets included troop carriers, vehicles, reinforcements, missile launchers, weapons depots and other military equipment.

The military said the operations left 2,316 Houthi fighters killed or wounded and killed four Iranian experts specialized in operating and launching drones and missiles in Taiz. The casualty figures have not been independently verified.

The scale and geographic spread of the operations point to a coordinated campaign extending from fronts near the Saudi border through Al-Jawf and Marib to Al-Bayda, Taiz and Lahj in southern and southwestern Yemen.

Offensive Reaches Fronts Previously Tracked by Sheba Intelligence

The campaign comes as several fronts previously monitored by Sheba Intelligence experience intensified military activity, stretching from Marib and Al-Jawf through Taiz and Bab al-Mandab to the Saudi border.

Sheba Intelligence previously reported that IRGC and Houthi commanders had discussed an operational plan involving these fronts. Subsequent military movements have emerged across Marib, Al-Jawf, the western coast and northern Hajjah.

Hajjah has become particularly significant in this context.

Sheba Intelligence reported on Saturday that the Houthis had massed nearly 8,000 fighters and a large arsenal of weapons in northern Hajjah in preparation for a possible offensive against government forces on the Midi and Haradh fronts, with military sources saying reinforcements were continuing to arrive.

According to information obtained by the platform, Al-Jarr farms have developed into a major staging and support area for the Midi front, including a forward operations command, camps and facilities associated with missile and drone capabilities.

The Houthis have also reinforced positions around Al-Tinah, close to government lines, with trenches, fortifications and positions for vehicles and tanks.

Karayel Over Al-Tinah

In a potentially significant development, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed on Sunday that the group had shot down a Saudi Karayel drone over Al-Tinah in Hajjah province. The claim has not been independently confirmed.

If the Houthi account is accurate, the presence of a Karayel over Al-Tinah would indicate that Yemeni government forces and the Saudi-led coalition have begun active aerial reconnaissance and surveillance of Houthi concentrations and movement routes in northern Hajjah.

It would also reinforce information published by Sheba Intelligence a day earlier about Houthi military preparations in the area, suggesting that concentration points and movement corridors are now under active aerial observation and potentially marking a shift from monitoring Houthi preparations toward a more advanced phase of reconnaissance and target identification.

The development comes as military operations expand simultaneously across multiple fronts, from the northern border and Al-Jawf and Marib to Taiz, Lahj and the Bab al-Mandab theater, while developments in northern Hajjah point to Haradh and Midi as potential areas for further escalation.