On Thursday, the Yemeni army announced that it had achieved field gains in the Ma'rib governorate and that it had retaken sites in Taiz.

While the Houthi group escalated its attacks against Saudi Arabia, Washington stressed the need to end the conflict through political solutions.

Military sources said that the Yemeni army shot down two drones belonging to the Houthi group during clashes on fighting fronts in the Ma'rib governorate.

The Yemeni army declared that it had repelled what it described as a suicide attack by the Houthis on military sites west of Marib, which led to the killing of at least 30 Houthis and wounding others.

The army added that the Saudi-Emirati coalition aircraft launched raids against the group's reinforcements, which were on their way to the region.

This, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said that the continuous attack on Marib has led to the displacement of more than 14 thousand people.

He indicated that aid agencies had warned that the continuing fighting in Marib could force about 385,000 people to flee.

In Taiz, the Yemeni army has confirmed control of Houthi sites in the west of the governorate.

He said that his forces killed at least 10 Houthi militants, including a field commander.

The army spokesman added that his forces had made progress in several neighborhoods in the east of the governorate.

The Yemeni prime minister had issued orders to the civilian and military leadership to continue military and field operations until the Houthi siege on Taiz was lifted.

Houthi bombing

For their part, the Houthis announced Thursday that they had targeted a facility belonging to the Saudi oil company Aramco in the city of Jeddah (west), amid an escalation in attacks on the Kingdom.

In a tweet on Twitter, the Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said that "Saudi Aramco was targeted in Jeddah at dawn today with a winged missile, Quds 2, and the hit was accurate."

Several areas in Saudi Arabia are constantly exposed to ballistic missile attacks and explosive drones launched from Yemen at its airports and oil installations.

The Houthis stepped up their attacks on Saudi Arabia after the United States removed them from the list of terrorist organizations listed by the Donald Trump administration.

The Houthis had previously carried out major attacks against the kingdom, and adopted an unprecedented operation against Aramco facilities in September 2019, but the kingdom said that Iran was behind them.

Saudi state television reported that the Saudi-led coalition said today, Thursday, that it had destroyed a second ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia.

An American position

In a related context, the United States announced its adherence to a solution to the Yemeni crisis in a way that guarantees Saudi Arabia's security, but stressed that there is no military solution.

This came in statements by US State Department spokesman Ned Price, Thursday, during a video press briefing.

He said that Washington does not see a military solution to the crisis in Yemen, but on the other hand it is committed to maintaining the security of Saudi Arabia, adding that Washington will work with the concerned parties in Yemen to solve the humanitarian crisis there.