Yemen government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthis in control
The withdrawal gives the Houthis greater leverage over a key shipping chokepoint, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Southern Armed Forces announced they were withdrawing from Dhubab Airport and the Bab el-Mandeb area, redeploying their forces toward Aden where the government is based.
- Officials stated the redeployment prioritizes 'securing the capital, Aden, and the neighboring governorates' as Iran-aligned Houthis increase pressure on southern areas still under government control.
- The escalation broke a 2022 UN-brokered truce, becoming a volatile front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran as Houthis continue launching attacks on Saudi Arabia, a key US ally.
- Control of the maritime chokepoint shifts to the militia, creating pressure on global shipping routes from Asia to Europe via Egypt's Suez Canal.
- Fighting intensifies around Taiz, which hosts about half of the 300,000 people displaced across Yemen, while aid supplies are unable to enter the besieged city.
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Yemen government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthis in control
Yemeni forces fighting for the internationally recognised Saudi-backed government said on Sunday that they were withdrawing from an area overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, leaving the Iran-aligned Houthis in control.
Houthis tighten grip on vital Red Sea strait as Yemeni government forces retreat
Saudi-backed forces withdraw from positions overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, strengthening the Houthis' position along a vital shipping route; with Iran disrupting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the retreat raises fears of a second major threat to global trade and Gulf oil exports
Special sources:. Withdrawals by Saudi-backed forces from the Bab al-Mandab area toward Khor Umaira, following the advance of Yemeni forces in Jabal Kharaz and their approaching encirclement of thousands of them
Special sources:Withdrawals by Saudi-backed forces from the Bab al-Mandab area toward Khor Umaira, following the advance of Yemeni forces in Jabal Kharaz and their approaching encirclement of thousands of them
Yemeni Army calls on international community to help liberate Bab al-Mandab Strait from Houthis
The Yemeni Ministry of Defense has called on the international community to participate in regaining control of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait and the country’s west coast from the Houthis. Majid Abdullah al-Nuzili, spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, said in a statement today (Sunday, November 14) that liberating Bab al-Mandab and the west coast is “the inherent right of the armed forces.” He added […] The post Yemeni official government…
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