Just as the best words are those backed by actions, numbers provide the clearest statement of reality. Indeed, there are figures regarding certain aspects of Yemenis' lives that are far more truthful than the illusions propagated by militias and reported by certain newspapers - even major international ones!
The latest figures were included in a statement by the Presidential Leadership Council one month after the launch of Operation Dawn of Yemen, detailing "40,761 targeting operations" against the Houthi militias, during which "around 20,000 of their terrorist leaders and members were neutralized, and more than 5,000 vehicles were destroyed or disabled". This may have driven the terrorist militia to frantically launch drones and missiles indiscriminately at various locations inside Yemen and Saudi Arabia, prompting Coalition forces to retaliate by targeting those missile launchpads, according to the official account of the Coalition forces spokesperson.
On another front, successive statements from the Masam project for clearing landmines from Yemeni territories have announced the success of its teams in removing 601,041 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices - out of millions of mines planted by the militia, which continues to lay them wherever it expands, forcing citizens to flee those mined areas. Most recently, between September and November 2026, some 300,000 Yemenis were displaced to other governorates and abroad, to Djibouti in particular, in addition to the millions displaced before them.
As for the number of dead and wounded, it is beyond count - not to mention United Nations data estimating that "18.3 million people could face acute food insecurity," alongside the disruption of education for millions of children, the worsening suffering of patients, and the spread of epidemics.
Congratulations to those of "great might" on the great misery they have brought!
Despite the grim conditions and troubling developments, one feels somewhat reassured and at ease when seeing a helping hand extended to Yemenis amid waves of tragedy. Aid convoys bearing the emblem of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) are making their way to the governorates of Taiz, Lahj, Aden, and Hajjah, and a campaign has been launched to support "our brothers in Taiz."
The value of aid provided by KSrelief to Yemen over the past ten years has reached $4.821 billion; "and under the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his Crown Prince, assistance continues until it encompasses all parts of Yemen," according to remarks by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah on October 28. That same day, PLC Chairman Dr. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi inaugurated the Emergency Response Project for Yemen during a visit to the center's headquarters ahead of an anticipated visit to displacement sites and the frontlines where stationed forces are deployed.
Arms of good erase the harm inflicted by hands evil, and numbers refute illusions. Yemenis' hopes grow for the alleviation of their suffering and the return of the displaced and homeless to their homes so they may find peace after the end of a period of displacement caused by wars and chaos.
It is deeply comforting to see Yemen's brothers standing alongside its people and legitimate leadership in times of hardship, yet what brings even greater comfort to both Yemenis and their brothers is focusing on what comes after the hardship eases.
Will Yemenis draw the lesson of what has happened and is happening? Will they reconsider and take stock of the support offered by their brothers and friends, examine the casualty figures and the extent of the losses, and recognize both the efforts to ease suffering and the false narratives fueled by this ongoing conflict?
Perhaps Yemenis will realize that the assistance of their brothers will be far more effective once they avoid the paths of intransigence and division, allowing the bloodshed in Yemen to cease and its people to become a significant factor in global calculations and a constructive force in the present and future, rather than turning their homeland into a hotbed of illusions and a field of landmines.
