The Houthi militia has reportedly buried 279 of its fighters in areas under its control over the past few days, including officers of various military ranks who were killed in ongoing intense front-line clashes. Lists of names, monitored and published by media figure Afif Al-Abab on his X platform account, indicate that 279 elements were buried this week. Among them were officers holding ranks from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier General, in addition to dozens of elements whose military ranks were not specified. The provided list includes 125 names with military ranks, while the remaining names were listed without specifying the ranks of their holders, according to the circulated document. The deceased were from several governorates, most notably Dhamar, Sanaa, Saada, Hajjah, Amran, Ibb, and Al-Hudaydah, along with Al-Mahwit, Taiz, Al-Bayda, Raymah, and Al-Dhale. The list included officers with the ranks of Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, First Lieutenant, and Second Lieutenant. It also included individuals whose names were listed without military ranks. The published data did not provide sufficient details regarding the locations of their deaths or the nature of the operations during which they were killed. The militia has only announced the burial of the deceased and identified their regions of origin, without providing detailed information about the circumstances of their deaths or the fronts on which they were fighting. This prevents an accurate assessment of the military losses incurred during the recent period. These lists come amidst the militia's continued announcements of the burial of its fallen in areas under its control, with a lack of regular detailed data on the human losses and their distribution across the battlefronts. |
