# Houthis say they have shot down nine Saudi warplanes since September 3

https://mins.news/en/item/55082

- TASS, 2026-09-11 19:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2186415

> Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria says the group carried out 32 operations against Saudi warplanes since launching an operation on Yemen’s western coast on September 3, claiming nine aircraft were downed. He also said hundreds of Saudi soldiers were killed, wounded or captured and that Saudi forces were pushed out of parts of Taiz and Hodeida governorates.

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