The Yemeni army was able to liberate strategic sites in Al-Jawf Governorate, and succeeded in thwarting attacks launched by Houthi militias with drones in Al-Bayda governorate, and clashes continued between the army and militias in the fronts around the capital, Sanaa, in light of the continued militia violations of the ceasefire declared by the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy, The militias arrested the former Yemeni Minister of Culture, Khaled al-Ruwaishan, from his home in Sanaa, and took him to an unknown destination.
In detail, the Houthi militia launched a large-scale attack, the second in less than 24 hours, on the positions of the Yemeni army in the Al-Jawf and Ma'rib fronts, concentrated in the Jafar front and a massacre between the two governorates, in which dozens were killed and wounded among the militia, including prominent leaders, and field sources confirmed the death toll to rise The Houthis in clashes west of Ma'rib and east of Al-Hazm district, Al-Jouf, to 60 dead and dozens of wounded, as well as the capture of a number of militia members.
The sources confirmed that the army forces in the Jaddaf Front, east of Al-Hazm district, were able to shoot down a Houthi drone before it reached its target, as it was loaded with a large amount of explosives.
The Yemeni army forces were able to liberate strategic sites east of the city of Ar-Rawd, in Al-Jouf, including a series of strategic 'Abu Rabi' sites and other sites adjacent to them, after battles that left 15 Houthi dead.
Yesterday, the Magzar district in Marib witnessed violent confrontations after the militias attempted to advance in it, which prompted the army to confront it and force it to retreat and flee after suffering heavy losses, according to a military source in the third region.
The source confirmed that the army forces were able to capture a Houthi leader and his companion in the face of a slaughterhouse.
On the other hand, Houthi militias recognized the death of Muhammad Ahmed Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the son of the militia leader's brother Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, without mentioning the place and date of his death, while informed sources confirmed his death in the Sarwah Front, west of Ma'rib Governorate, a few days ago.
The militias acknowledged the death of the Houthi leader, Hassan Ghalib Muhammad al-Qahoum, who is close to the militia leader, at the Bir al-Mazariq front, north of the Labanat camp in al-Jawf governorate, along with dozens of Houthi elements who fell on that front.
In Nahham, north-east of the capital, Sanaa, confrontations between the Yemeni army and militias took place in the vicinity of Jabal Salb, after the army managed to thwart an attempt to advance Houthi toward its locations near the Al-Jawf junction, which led to the destruction of military vehicles and the killing of a number of Houthis.
Two children were injured in a mine explosion planted by the Houthi militia in the Hureb Niham area, according to local sources, adding that the child, Naji Muhammad al-Henk, was wounded along with another child while they were grazing sheep in the area.
In Al-Bayda, yesterday, violent confrontations broke out between the local resistance on one side and the Houthi militias on the other in the Hazmieh front, and sources confirmed the death and injury of a number of Houthi elements and the destruction of a military vehicle and the seizure of another, in addition to seizing a number of various munitions left by the militias in the confrontation area.
The resistance, backed by the Giants Brigades forces, thwarted a Houthi attack with the drones in the Al-Zahir front, and a field source stated that the militias stationed in Jabal Al-Skajam fired a doused drones over the resistance sites of Al-Hmaigan located in the Al-Habaj and Jurdi fronts in order to target them, and they were monitored and confronted with a barrage of fire and forced to change Its course and return to the starting position without carrying out the attack.
In Al Hudaydah, on the western coast of Yemen, Houthi militia shelled residential neighborhoods south of the Al-Tahita district with artillery, according to local sources, indicating that the militias shelled residential neighborhoods south of the city of Al-Hita with heavy mortar and 120-mm mortar shells, violently.
In Sanaa, the Houthi militia kidnapped the former Yemeni Minister of Culture, Khaled al-Ruwaishan, from his home in the capital and took him to an unknown destination without knowing the reasons, according to his son Waddah.
The Yemeni Minister of Information, Muammar Al-Iryani, condemned the incident and strongly condemned it, and said that the crime of kidnapping al-Ruwaishan from his home in a brutal manner reflects the militia's disavowal of all human values and moral considerations.
He pointed out that "the crime is an extension of thousands of kidnappings that affected political and social figures, media people, journalists and activists, and reflects the militia's criminal mentality, its disregard for people's lives and its lack of acceptance of the other opinion, and its rejection of any opposing voice that opposes its practices and the human rights situation in its areas of control."
Al-Iryani called on the international community, the United Nations, its Secretary-General António Guterres, and his envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to condemn this crime, which reveals the true position of the militias on peace and their pursuit of political and military escalation in response to calls and efforts to calm.
Clashes resumed between the Yemeni army and militias in the vicinity of Jabal Salb, Naham Front.
Al-Houthi violently shells residential neighborhoods in Hodeidah.