Armed Houthis gather at Sabeen Square to hold a demonstration in support of Houthi leader in Yemen Abdul Malik al-Houthi’s statements in Sanaa, Yemen on July 17, 2026. [Mohammed Hamoud – Anadolu Agency]
Government forces killed and wounded several Houthi fighters Monday in an attack in the southwestern Taiz province, while a soldier was killed in separate clashes, the military said, Anadolu reports.
The 35th Armored Brigade said artillery shelling struck a Houthi military vehicle as fighters attempted to infiltrate the Al-Saila area, southeast of Taiz.
“A number of Houthi militia members were killed or wounded” in the strike, the brigade said in a statement on Facebook, without giving a specific toll.
Separately, the Taiz Military Axis media center said a soldier was killed in clashes with Houthi fighters in the Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz.
