🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Field logs, tactical videos, and maps from Ali Al-Nassi [1] confirm an intense tactical shift. Houthi efforts to secure the urban perimeter have met a heavy, air-supported PLC counter-offensive at the western gateway, while Houthi columns expand flanking maneuvers in Lahj governorate.

• The Western Gate (PLC Counter-Offensive): Houthi vanguard units withdrew from Taiz City outskirts (Harat al-Dhahrah) past Al-Maqhayah market following Coalition air strikes and infantry assaults. PLC forces recaptured Al-Hamraa heights, Tebat Al-Maqbaba, and Al-Khazan east of Al-Hanjar checkpoint. Clashes continue at Al-Kasarah and Al-Hanjar [2] as the PLC attempts to reopen the Wadi al-Dhabab highway.

• The Southern Vertical Ridge (Jabal Sabr Friction): Houthi forces secured the Al-Misrakh district center [4] and Al-Sarari village, advancing toward Anbiyan and Wateer. Despite PLC claims of repelling advances at Al-Aqroodh, Al-Shaqab, and Al-Sanamat, ground logs confirm Houthi operational sieges over pro-Aden pockets in Kahlan, Al-Shaqab, and Al-Najadah, pushing toward Jabal Al-Arous.

• The Southern Cross-Border Expansion (Lahj/Al-Madaribah Front): Exploiting breakthroughs at Jabal Hawab and Jabal Haruz, Houthi forces assaulted axes in Al-Aghbarah, Al-Mahawilah, Al-Mishamirah, and Al-Mansurah within the Al-Madaribah & Ras al-Ara district. This threatens to encircle the Southern Giants Brigades at Ras Al-Arah. In response, the Giants Brigades deployed heavy armored reinforcements to the Al-Madaribah border zone to halt the Houthi drive toward Subeiha.

➡️ Strategic Air Interdiction Campaign: Coalition aviation launched massive airstrikes to support the western counter-offensive and block southern breakthroughs. Western targets included Houthi rear-guards and heavy assets across Jabal Habashi, Milat, Tebat Al-Khalwah, and the Al-Dhabab axis. Southern strikes hit Jabal Naman and the Al-Aghbarah valleys to disrupt columns moving toward the Lahj coast.

➡️ The battle for Taiz has become a high-stakes regional attrition war. The PLC has checked the Houthi western advance, pushing the frontline back to the Al-Hanjar checkpoint [1][2]. Meanwhile, Houthi command is reinforcing its chokehold on Jabal Sabr [1][3] and widening its flanking maneuver into Lahj to preempt long-term pro-government relief operations from Aden.

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