According to officials from the pro-Saudi Yemeni government, heavy
fighting has erupted in the Dhalea Province of southern Yemen over the
weekend. They claim that “dozens” of Houthis were slain, along with 13 pro-Saudi troops.
Details of what exactly is going on in Dhalea is unclear, beyond the
typical claims that they’d killed more than they lost. The area where
the fighting broke out was one where the Houthis had recently seized
some sparsely guarded territory in the past week.
The offensive, which escalated particularly on Sunday, seems to have
been intended to recapture the territory from the Houthis. It is
unclear, however, as beyond the reports of a large death toll, there was
no word of any territory changing hands over the weekend.
In Yemen’s far southwest, Dhalea is deep in Saudi-dominated territory,
and it would be unusual for the Houthis, whose control mostly goes from
Taiz north to the Saudi border, could contest and maintain territory
this close to the interim Saudi-backed capital of Aden.
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