Yemen’s Houthis claim largest capture of prisoners in modern warfare

Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen have claimed the largest capture of prisoners in the modern history of warfare.

Muhammad al-Bukhaiti, a member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Houthi movement Ansar Allah, said in a post on X that forces supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government had surrendered en masse amid a sharp escalation in fighting along the country’s western coast, Caliber.Az reports.

الله أكبر ⚡

شاهد أكبر عملية أسر في تاريخ الحروب الحديثة،طوابير وصفوف الأسرى من الجيش السعودي ومرتزقته في حيس والمخا والخوخة وتعز والجوف

ثلاثة ألوية بكامل سلاحها وعتادها الخفيف والثقيل استسلمت للجيش اليمني اللهم لك الحمد 🔥💥@kwnn_yemen pic.twitter.com/1huRwSUs8N

— محمد البخيتي Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti (@moo0sai) September 10, 2026

According to him, columns of Saudi army personnel and their allies allegedly surrendered to the Houthis in Hays, Al-Mocha, Hodeidah and Taiz, as well as Al Jawf.

He claimed three brigades had handed over their weapons and military equipment to the Houthis.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov