IRINN reports Taiz gains Roads and Aramco strikes

Oct 4

IRINN attributes to Al-Masirah the capture of strategic Taiz areas, a cut southern road and encirclement, and reports al-Mashat's weapons-for-amnesty offer. Mohaghegh says northern/southern routes through Hodeidah, Taiz, Mocha and Bab al-Mandab have reopened after eleven years, with selected security and checkpoint testimony. Eyewitnesses reportedly say al-Turbah was cleared; al-Ansi describes Taiz's importance to Aden and predicts Saudi-backed defeat, while militia road closures and continued fighting remain in the report. Citing the armed-forces spokesperson, it reports fifty Saudi attacks in twelve hours, a cumulative 1,460, and two retaliatory missile/drone operations against Aramco in Riyadh and Khurais. Territorial control, security and military results are source claims, not independently confirmed outcomes.

In his statement issued in Sana'a on October 4, 2026, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claims Saudi Arabia conducted 50 air and missile strikes in the preceding 12 hours against Sana'a and several Yemeni governorates, raising the total since escalation began to 1,460. He presents them as continuing aggression and the premise for retaliation. This event records the bounded October 4 tally announcement; the statement does not independently establish the count, individual strike times, casualties or damage.