Video taking off 184x its usual first day

Houthi footage shows hillside combat and explosions near Taiz

ET Now World's report carries Houthi military media footage, including fighters' claims to have captured positions from Saudi-backed forces.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 91,135 views a day, 184 times a normal first day on this channel (496).

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0:00Houthi-sourced footage shows machine-gun fire and fighters moving through rough rural terrain.
0:57Armored vehicles and mounted heavy weapons fire toward opposing hillside positions.
5:10A long-range strike hits an armored vehicle positioned beside a road.
6:10Fighters display ammunition, rockets and stone bunkers presented as captured equipment and positions.
7:07Fighters announce control over several positions on the al-Dhabab front.
11:32Combatants reach a rocky summit and claim control of the high ground.

The fighting unfolds across rocky hillsides, with armed men moving along dirt trails and heavy weapons firing toward distant positions. ET Now World's upload of footage released by Houthi media drew about 74,000 views in 16 hours, far beyond the few hundred its regular videos usually receive on their first day.

The segment presents clashes around Taiz between Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government forces. Its on-screen credits identify Ansar Allah Media and Houthi Military Media as the source: this is a combatant-produced account of the fighting, carried by the broadcaster.

Taiz lies in southwestern Yemen's highlands, and the terrain is central to what appears on screen. Fighters advance across stony ridges and trenches; armored vehicles fire toward hillside positions. Later, the footage shows a strike hitting a vehicle beside a road, followed by displays of ammunition, rockets and underground stone bunkers.

The sequence ends with fighters occupying high ground and delivering messages against Saudi-backed forces. Their statements describe the capture of several positions, making territorial gains a central claim of the video, rather than something established by the explosions alone.

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