Aden, Aug. 8 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Saturday that they carried out a broad military operation targeting Houthi positions along multiple frontlines, framing the strikes as a direct response to recent offensive actions by the militia in the Marib and Hadramout governorates.

Speaking in an address carried by state broadcaster Yemen TV, Armed Forces Spokesperson Colonel Majed Al-Nuzaili stated that the operation was launched under "the legitimate right of the Yemeni Armed Forces to defend their security and the security of their heroic members, and to protect unarmed civilians from the treacherous and repeated terrorist attacks carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia."

Al-Nuzaili noted that recent Houthi attacks had cau...