Yemeni government forces say senior commander killed in clashes with Houthis in Al-Jawf

In a statement, the Southern Armed Forces also said they repositioned their forces from Zuqar Airport and the Bab al-Mandab area in western Taiz province, citing efforts to secure the interim capital, Aden, and neighboring provinces.

The developments came hours after the Yemeni army said that it had intercepted Houthi drones targeting the city of Marib in central Yemen, which hosts the country’s largest concentration of internally displaced people.

According to the government-run Saba news agency, six people, including two children and two women, were injured in Houthi artillery shelling and sniper attacks in Taiz province in southwestern Yemen.

Citing official figures, Saba said three of the injured — two siblings and their mother — were wounded when a Houthi shell landed near their home in the al-Zahra area of the city of Taiz.

Local authorities said a 35-year-old woman was shot by Houthi snipers positioned on al-Afham Hill in the al-Aqroud area, south of Taiz.

Two men were also injured in Houthi shelling west and east of Taiz, they added.

Separately, Yemen’s Interior Ministry said two children and a woman were wounded when a landmine planted by the Houthis exploded beneath a vehicle carrying civilians in the Khab wa al-Shaaf district of the Al-Jawf province.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV also reported airstrikes in the capital Sanaa, accusing Saudi Arabia of being behind the attacks.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree also claimed in a statement that the group had shot down a Saudi CH-4 armed reconnaissance drone in the Al-Jawf province.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi officials or the Yemeni government on the claim.

​​​​​​​Yemen has been engulfed in civil war since 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthis seized Sanaa and several provinces. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to support Yemen's internationally recognized government.