Saudi-led Coalition Reaffirms Military Support for Yemen Government as Houthis Face Counteroffensive
The coalition said 100 fighter jets provided air cover as government forces sought to recapture territory and reopen key supply routes, officials said.
- On Sunday, Yemen's internationally recognized government launched a major military offensive against the Huthis, with the Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen pledging "full operational support" to restore state institutions.
- Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, stated the operation follows "the Huthi militias" continued mobilization and threats after they seized Red Sea coastal territory near the critical Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
- Huthi-Controlled forces claimed Saudi Arabia conducted 106 air strikes over 24 hours, while the United Nations reports 377,000 deaths since Yemen's 2015 conflict began, with over 150,000 from direct fighting.
- Much of the recent fighting centers on Taiz, where Houthis attempt to isolate government forces, while the World Food Program warns three out of four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry.
- Officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan convene today in Riyadh to discuss regional developments through the Strategic and Political Defense Committee, a NATO-style pact established to coordinate security cooperation.
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A counter-offensive was launched this week against this Islamist group that controls part of Yemen.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have launched a counteroffensive to retake coastal areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait and other key territories seized by the Iran-backed Houthis in the previous month. The fighting is part of a complex conflict in which military and political alliances are constantly shifting. Yemen’s civil war has been going on for 12 years. It erupted after the Houthi movement, officially called Ansar Allah, …
Under crossfire in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Yemeni resistance maintains a line of defence against foreign incursions.
DECRYPTAGE - Their Houthist opponents, supported by Iran, are responding by intensifying attacks against Saudi Arabia.
Yemen’s battle to restore the state and end the Houthi war
Yemen is entering another decisive phase in its long and devastating conflict, with President Rashad Al-Alimi declaring that the country’s legitimate authorities will move toward military action aimed at restoring state control over territory still held by the Houthi movement. The announcement comes after repeated efforts to reduce tensions and bring the Houthis into a […]
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