Yemen government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthis in control
The withdrawal could expand Houthi leverage over a vital shipping route after a six-week counteroffensive failed to dislodge the group, officials said.
- Yemeni forces supporting the internationally recognized government announced their withdrawal from the Bab el-Mandeb area and redeployment toward Aden, the government’s base.
- The withdrawal leaves the Iran-aligned Houthis in control of the strategic strait, an important shipping route linking Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal.
- The move followed Houthi advances along the western coast and increasing pressure toward southern areas near Aden.
- Fighting has worsened humanitarian conditions around Taiz, where civilians face severe restrictions on movement and access to aid.
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Yemeni forces retreating from Bab el-Mandeb area
The government's retreat from the Bab el-Mandeb area hands the Houthis greater leverage over the maritime chokepoint, creating a potent pressure point on global shipping while Iran continues to disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels are intensifying their offensive against Aden, the Yemeni government's interim capital.
Government forces are redeploying their forces around Aden, leaving the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Abdul Malik al-Houthi's Ansar Allah. The post Pro-government groups are redeploying around Aden – Houthis have the initiative of movements appeared first on in.gr.
Yemeni government troops are withdrawing from the area around Bab al-Mandab, the major strait between Yemen and the Horn of Africa in the Red Sea. They failed to completely drive the Houthis out of the area or to regain control of the port city of Mokka. This marks the end of the counteroffensive that lasted six weeks to regain control of the western coastline from the Houthis. The armed group had seized the area in September, thereby gaining c…
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