At least 20 soldiers were killed and two dozen others wounded when Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles at a government military camp in southern Yemen's Shabwa province.
The strike targeted new recruits at the al-Alam military camp, which serves as a crucial supply route toward government-controlled Marib.
The attack marks a sharp escalation in fighting that has shattered the 2022 ceasefire amid wider regional tensions involving Houthi forces and a Saudi-led coalition.