While the Sana'a forces continue to advance in the city of Lahij and the city of Taiz, the situation on the ground has hardly changed. The Houthis are allowing supplies to enter, thereby reducing the effect of the siege on the city by alleviating civilian distress. Meanwhile, fighting continues further south, in the mountainous region, with the attackers making difficult gains while the besieged exhaust their military capabilities. If this trend continues, it seems that the goal of the Sana'a forces is to wear down the PLC in the mountains in order to avoid an intense urban battle and to ensure the surrender of the cities through negotiations, thus preventing unnecessary exhaustion that could endanger operations on other fronts.

While the Sana'a forces continue to advance in the city of Lahij and the city of Taiz, the situation on the ground has hardly changed. The Houthis are allowing supplies to enter, thereby reducing the effect of the siege on the city by alleviating civilian distress. Meanwhile, fighting continues further south, in the mountainous region, with the attackers making difficult gains while the besieged exhaust their military capabilities. If this trend continues, it seems that the goal of the Sana'a forces is to wear down the PLC in the mountains in order to avoid an intense urban battle and to ensure the surrender of the cities through negotiations, thus preventing unnecessary exhaustion that could endanger operations on other fronts.