Yemen's internationally recognised government says its forces have pushed further into the al-Dahida mountain range in the northern governorate of al-Jawf, as fighting with the Houthis intensifies. The army said on Sunday evening that troops backed by fighter jets and drones had stormed Houthi fortifications and barracks in the area and seized weapons and equipment.

Army spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said government forces had conducted 1,272 targeting operations against Houthi fighters, fortifications and weapons supplies over 24 hours. He said roughly 500 Houthi fighters had been killed and nearly 170 vehicles and pieces of heavy equipment destroyed or disabled. Al Jazeera reported that it could not independently verify the claims, and no independently verified casualty count was available.

Operations are continuing in al-Jawf and in neighbouring Marib and al-Bayda to the south, al-Nazili added. Fighting has also continued around Taiz in the south, where government forces said they repelled Houthi attacks in al-Aqroudh, south-east of the city, and on the Tur al-Baha front in neighbouring Lahij governorate.

The fighting is part of Operation Dawn of Yemen, the offensive the government launched last month to reverse Houthi territorial gains and restore state control over territory held by the group, which seized the capital Sanaa in 2014. The Houthis, meanwhile, said they had thwarted advances by government forces in al-Jawf and Marib.

Independent checks give only partial support to the government's claims. Military analysts who examined geolocated video published on 4 November said it showed government-aligned forces at several positions near Jabal Dahida, according to the London Daily News. The footage supports their presence in the area, the analysts said, but does not establish that every part of the range is under their control.