Military spokesman Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili said the operations targeted Houthi fighters, field commanders and military positions across multiple fronts, Anadolu Agency reported.
According to the spokesman, the operations resulted in the “neutralization” of a number of Houthi fighters and commanders and destroyed military equipment, vehicles and other alleged sources of threat.
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Al-Nuzaili described the attacks as part of broader “retaliatory measures” in response to what he called repeated Houthi attacks on civilian infrastructure.
He accused Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, of attempting to impose a blockade and halt the country’s oil exports, depriving the Aden-based government of revenue needed to pay public-sector salaries.
The spokesman also cited recent Houthi attacks targeting the Port of Mocha and Al-Ardi pier in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as well as attacks on vessels that he said were carrying food supplies to residential areas and camps in Marib province.
Al-Nuzaili said the government had issued more than 350 permits since the beginning of 2026 for commercial vessels to enter Houthi-controlled ports, including Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Isa.
He said the government-aligned military would continue what it described as efforts to defend Yemen’s sovereignty and argued that the latest operations demonstrated its ability to conduct coordinated attacks simultaneously across several fronts.
Yemen conflict risks renewed escalation
The latest claims come against the backdrop of Yemen’s long-running civil war.
The Iran-backed Houthis seized large parts of Yemen in 2014, including the capital, Sanaa, triggering years of conflict with government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition.
The Houthis have also become increasingly involved in wider regional tensions since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2023.
The group has launched missile and drone attacks toward Israel and targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea, saying its actions are linked to the Gaza conflict.
The latest increase in fighting, combined with the continuing confrontation between Iran and the United States, has raised concerns that Yemen could once again slide toward a broader conflict.
Any sustained escalation could further threaten the country’s fragile humanitarian situation and disrupt one of the world’s most important maritime routes through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.
