Sanaa, October 29, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Heavy fighting and airstrikes were reported across several fronts in Yemen, with government forces claiming large-scale operations against Houthi positions as the rebel group accused Saudi forces of carrying out fresh attacks across areas under its control.
Majid al-Nuzaili, spokesperson for Yemen’s government forces, said on Wednesday that troops had carried out 749 attacks over the preceding 24 hours against Houthi command centres, fortifications, vehicles and supply routes.
He claimed the operations had killed or otherwise neutralised 239 Houthi fighters and destroyed or damaged 117 military vehicles and pieces of combat equipment. Government forces were also consolidating gains in the southwestern province of Taiz, while offensive operations continued elsewhere, he said.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea, meanwhile, alleged that Saudi forces had launched 101 air and missile strikes on Sanaa and eight provinces over the same period. He claimed the attacks had killed or wounded dozens of people, including women and children.
The competing casualty and operational figures could not be independently verified.
Tensions also rose near Aden International Airport in southern Yemen, where fresh explosions were reported on Wednesday, according to local sources. The blasts followed a renewed Houthi warning urging people to evacuate the facility.
Sarea issued what he described as a “final” evacuation warning, alleging that a Saudi military cargo aircraft was at the airport transporting weapons. He did not provide evidence for the claim, and there was no immediate response from the Saudi-led coalition or the Yemeni government.
Local sources said hundreds of passengers, including patients, had left the airport following the warnings. The extent of casualties or damage from the latest explosions was not immediately known.
Yemen has been embroiled in conflict since the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the north in late 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.
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