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Houthis push for control of Yemen highlands as Trump is said to have called off strikes
The advance could threaten Saudi oil routes and deepen regional tensions as UN officials say nearly 700 people have been killed in the fighting.
- On Monday, Houthi fighters advanced toward strategic heights in Yemen to isolate the Red Sea coast, following reports that President Donald Trump canceled planned air strikes at the last minute Sunday.
- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed requested military assistance from The United States on Sunday, yet Trump reportedly declined to pledge support after the administration prepared for strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
- Fighting centers on the Kahboub Mountains in Taiz and Lahij, where the United Nations monitors a defensive posture from government forces as Houthi militia seek to consolidate recent territorial gains.
- The Houthi advance threatens alternative oil routes bypassing Hormuz, while Britain's UKMTO reported a projectile strike on a ship entering the strait, further pressuring global energy supplies.
- Amid stalled diplomacy, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian travels to New York on Tuesday for the General Assembly, as the conflict extends to a new theater threatening regional stability.
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Trump calls off US airstrikes as Houthis advance in Yemen highlands
Tehran/DUBAI - Houthi fighters pressed to seize strategic highlands in Yemen to isolate the Red Sea coast from areas still controlled by forces backed by Saudi Arabia, with fighting reported on the outskirts of the Al-Wazi’iyah district in Taiz and the Ras Al-Arah region on the Indian Ocean coast.
·Lahore, Pakistan
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