Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold: Reuters
The plan would rely on Yemeni ground forces and Saudi airstrikes, with U.S. intelligence support and up to 100,000 troops potentially mobilized, officials said.
- Saudi Arabia is preparing an offensive against Houthi militants within weeks, led by Yemeni ground forces overseen by Riyadh and backed by Saudi air strikes, aiming to retake the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.
- Riyadh concluded peace negotiations are unviable while Houthis control the Bab el-Mandeb strait, which the group seized during a lightning offensive last month, providing them significant global leverage.
- Officials expect mobilization of up to 100,000 Yemeni troops for either a focused coastal push or a multi-front assault across Al-Bayda, Marib, Taiz and Al-Jawf, while the United States provides intelligence and targeting data but excludes direct combat involvement.
- Pakistan has deployed between 30,000 and 40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to defend land borders, while France and Turkey provide defensive systems, freeing Riyadh's military assets for the upcoming campaign.
- Amid renewed conflict following the 2022 truce breakdown, the campaign aims to restore the status quo ante before Houthi control, as recent attacks have targeted Saudi oil facilities near Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia seems to be preparing a new military offensive against the Huthi militia in Yemen. "The United States is supporting the Saudis with air reconnaissance, with satellite material," says Daniel-Dylan Böhmer, World Reporter in the foreign policy department.
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