The National Army forces repelled Monday an attack by the Houthi group on a number of sites in Taiz province, southwest of the country, military sources said. The sources said that armed confrontations broke out between army forces and the Houthi group following the latter's attack on army positions to the east of Taiz city. The media center of the Taiz Military Axis said on its Facebook page that army forces thwarted movements by the Houthi group on the Maqbana and Al-Kadha fronts. The Houthi group controls several districts in Taiz and it has continued to expand its military presence in the province since 2015.
The demining Masam project in Yemen dismantled in the first week of November 835 mines. The project’s demining teams destroyed 703 unexploded ordnance, 112 anti-tank mines, and 20 anti-personnel mines. The explosives pose a significant threat to the lives of innocent people, including children, women and the elderly. A total of 420,832 mines have been cleared since the start of the project in 2018, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The warring sides in Yemen, particularly the Houthis, have planted thousands of landmines in several areas, causing countless deaths and injuries among civilians.
Over 18,000 households are estimated to be affected, mainly in Al Maharah, followed by Hadramout and Socotra provinces. Civilian homes and public infrastructure, including healthcare facilities and water networks, remain significantly damaged. There are an estimated 16,119 affected households in 8 districts in Al Maharah province; 2,040 affected households in Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar district in Hadramout; and 500 affected households in Socotra. The cyclone hit Yemen’s eastern provinces on October 24.
Jordan said it air-dropped medical supplies to a Jordanian military field hospital in the Gaza Strip on Monday, with Israel saying the operation was coordinated with them. Jordan’s King Abdullah wrote on X: “Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza. This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brethren.” The Israeli media quoted a military statement saying on Monday that it had “coordinated” with Jordan to air-drop vital medical supplies to a Jordanian hospital in Gaza, which has been under constant Israeli bombardment for nearly a month.
Four relatives of a journalist were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, and the journalist was also wounded, official news agency in Lebanon said. The border area between the two countries has seen regular exchanges of fire between Iran-backed group Hezbollah and Israel, since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7. In a statement, Hezbollah said it would never tolerate attacks on civilians and its response would be “firm and strong.”
