The Houthi militia has intensified its abduction campaign in Ibb, targeting rural areas and districts beyond the provincial center.
According to local sources, the militia has launched a fresh wave of abductions in Al-Nadirah District, east of Ibb, snatching teacher Rizq Taher Al-Lahbi and professors Jamal Al-Shamili and Anwar Hammoud Al-Salmi, aka "Al-Tuwaiti."
The abductees are all education professionals, with Al-Lahbi holding a director role in the local education administration and Al-Shamili teaching Arabic.
This crackdown is part of a larger pattern of Houthi abductions in the region, with over ten individuals seized in nearby Al-Sadda District in recent days.
In Yarim District, northeast of Ibb, two teachers, Saad Al-Mughni and Khaled Abdullah Ali Najim, were taken by the militia.
Another teacher, Saleh Al-Afeef, was abducted in Al-Makhaadir District, north of Ibb.
A recent human rights report documented 83 civilian abductions in Ibb between March 1 and July 20, 2025, including educators, students, traders, and academics.
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms reported a disturbing array of abuses, including enforced disappearances and targeting of specific groups.