Houthi rebel attacks kill at least 30 Yemeni government forces, officials sa

Stamford Advocate ^ | August 6, 2026 | Samy Magdi

[Miami Rebel]

CAIRO (AP) — Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Thursday in central and eastern Yemen killed at least 30 government troops and wounded at least 50 others, Yemeni government officials said. A Houthi leader said Saudi-backed troops were targeted in the attacks and that “hundreds” were either killed or injured.

The assaults hit camps for forces of the internationally recognized government in the provinces of Marib and Hadramout, the Yemeni officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The attacks were a major escalation since a de facto truce in Yemen in April 2022 that halted major fighting between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition, which backs the internationally recognized government.

Yemen’s army reported publicly only that the Houthi attacks on its camps had left dead and wounded among its troops, but it didn't give a death toll.

Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the attacks on camps in Marib and Hadramout provinces were carried out with ballistic missiles and drones and that they were in response to a build-up of Saudi-backed forces in eastern Yemen.

The strikes killed and injured “hundreds of Saudi enemy mercenaries” and destroyed and burned camps, depots, military vehicles and weapons, the Houthi leader said.

“We call upon all our people to remain vigilant and confront any Saudi aggression, and to strike Saudi troop concentrations wherever they may be,” Saree said in his address.

The U.S. mission to Yemen expressed condolences to the families of the killed Yemeni soldiers in Hadramout and Marib, adding in a statement on X that the attacks by the Houthis “represent yet another example of their terrorism against the Yemeni people.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: houthi; iran; yemen

[frank ballenger]

Remind me again why the Arab states are turning the other cheek when bombed by Iran and Houthis. It’s a wonder they all wait patiently for the huge game changer bombing to come from the US against Iran.

[zeestephen]

I thought the Houghtis controlled all of Yemen?

Whoops!