Houthi Militias Bury 44 Fighters, Including Officers, Amidst Silence on Battlefront Losses

The Houthi militias interred the bodies of 44 fighters, including officers of various military ranks, on Sunday. These individuals were reportedly killed on the battlefronts, with the militia offering no details regarding the circumstances of their deaths or the locations where they fell.

Lists of the deceased, disseminated by media outlets and activists affiliated with the Houthi movement, indicate that 10 of the casualties were officers. The military ranks of the remaining fighters, who hailed from several provinces under Houthi control, were not specified. The list included casualties from the provinces of Sana'a, Sa'ada, Dhamar, Ibb, Amran, Hajjah, Al Hudaydah, Al Bayda, Marib, Taiz, Al Jawf, and Raymah. No information was provided concerning the timing of their deaths or the specific fronts where they were engaged in combat.

The funerals occur amidst escalating confrontations between government forces and the Houthi militias across multiple battlefronts. Significant fighting has been reported in the Taiz Governorate, located in southwestern Yemen. Concurrently, military operations and airstrikes continue, targeting Houthi positions, gatherings, and reinforcements in other areas, including Marib, Al Dhale'e, Al Jawf, Al Bayda, and Sa'ada.

The Houthi movement typically maintains a policy of secrecy regarding its human losses, including the locations and circumstances of its fighters' deaths. However, the lists of those being mourned, circulated by their media and affiliated activists, offer a partial glimpse into these casualties, which comprise both regular fighters and officers holding different military ranks.

According to the lists circulating via Houthi-aligned media and activists, the names of the deceased and their areas of origin are as follows: Brigadier General Ahmed Abdullah Ali Al-Ashmi – Hajjah, Washhah; Brigadier General Sufyan Masaad Hassan Al-Humairi – Ibb, Al-Qafar; Captain Rabie Murshid Muhammad Al-Shu'aybi – Sana'a, Shu'ub; Captain Rasheed Saeed Abdullah Al-Haj – Sana'a, Al-Hima Al-Dakhiliyah; First Lieutenant Ali Abdullah Saleh Al-Washaah – Sana'a, Bani Al-Harith; Second Lieutenant Nabil Yahya Ahmed Al-Samawi – Sana'a, Al-Sabe'een; Second Lieutenant Musa Salman Issa Al-Walbi – Sa'ada, Marran; Second Lieutenant Abdullah Abdulsalam Abdullah Al-Banos – Dhamar; Assistant Muhammad Hussein Ali Ezz El-Din – Sana'a, Bani Al-Harith; Assistant Yusuf Abdo Ali Al-Marouni – Amran, Raydah; Salah Salah Hussein Al-Hadiji – Dhamar, Al-Hada; Ahmed Ahmed Hussein Al-Jebli – Sana'a, Nihm; Ahmed Abdullah Nasser Al-Farza'i – Al Bayda, Al-Arsh; Safwan Ahmed Dabwan Al-Shar'abi – Ibb, Al-Makhader; Muhammad Yusuf Ali Masayouna – Al Hudaydah, Beit Al-Faqih; Osama Muhammad Lotf Allah Sha'ara – Sana'a, Shu'ub; Muhammad Abdo Hashem Al-Mawshki – Dhamar; Hussein Abdullah Ahmed Al-Zani – Sa'ada, Sahar; Imad Murshid Mansar Ali – Amran, Al-Qafilah; Hifz Allah Yahya Naji Al-Ya'ari – Dhamar; Issa Muhammad Abdo Hasano – Sana'a, Al-Sabe'een; Muhammad Yahya Kashimah – Hajjah, Qفل Shammir; Ahmed Saleh Farhan Al-Habl – Sana'a; Jizan Abdo Nasser Sharafat – Ibb, Al-Qafar; Sufyan Muhammad Masaad Al-Humairi – Ibb, Al-Siddah; Faraj Abdo Ahmed Al-Raimi – Marib, Baddabah; Ayoub Hussein Ali Al-Ashqas – Amran; Yahya Aziz Makhzan – Amran; Jarman Muhammad Makhzan – Amran; Haroun Saleh Mahdi Al-Mazlum – Sana'a; Muhammad Rashad Abdullah Al-Junaid – Taiz; Abdullah Abdulfattah Abdulmalik Al-Junaid – Taiz; Haitham Sadiq Al-Khiyari – Amran; Muhammad Yahya Ali Hashem Al-Nounou – Sana'a; Abdulmajeed Abdullah Saleh Bathhan – Al Jawf, Al-Marashi; Imran Khalid Hussein Nahidh – Al Jawf, Al-Marashi; Abdullah Yahya Ahmed Al-Abri – Raymah, Al-Jubaynah; Bakr Hassan Saleh Al-Sari – Raymah, Al-Ja'afariyah; Ali Saad Abdo Al-Harthi – Raymah, Al-Silfiyah; Muhammad Faisal Yahya Al-Raimi – Raymah; Fayez Nabil Al-Shami – Sa'ada, Bani Uwayr; Imran Muhammad Jassar Al-Hashimi – Sa'ada; Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Al-Sultan – Dhamar, Al-Manar; and Nashwan Ahmed Ayedh Al-Sultan – Dhamar, Al-Manar.