81 dead as Yemen's Houthis push towards key strait: Sources
The offensive aimed to advance toward Bab al-Mandab and cut the Mokha-Taiz route, with military sources saying 81 combatants were killed.
- Clashes between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces have killed 81 combatants since Thursday, as rebels launched a ground assault near the Red Sea coast targeting the government-held port city of Mokha.
- Houthi forces are attempting to sever access to Mokha and advance toward the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait, aiming to seize elevated positions overlooking government-held areas to control the Red Sea shipping lane.
- Military sources reported 24 government soldiers killed on the Red Sea coast and 15 in the Taiz area, while medical sources confirmed at least 42 Houthi militants died during the Thursday fighting.
- Yemeni officials in Aden sent reinforcements to Taiz on Saudi orders to counter the rebel advance, defending government positions near the coastal town of Khokha and inland Taiz.
- This escalation threatens the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, a vital transit route for oil exports after Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, marking Yemen's deepening involvement in the broader Middle East war.
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(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels are making a large-scale advance into the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key global maritime logistics hub connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden...
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Eighty-one people have been killed in fighting in Yemen between Houthis and government troops since Thursday, according to military and medical sources from the country. The fighting erupted after Houthis launched attacks on various coastal areas to gain control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Follow all developments regarding the Middle East in our live blog.
Conflicts in Yemen between pro-Government forces and the Houthi killed more than 80 people in two days, the two camps said on Friday, after the launch by the pro-Iranian rebels of an offensive near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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welingelichtekringen.nlSANAA (ANP/AFP) - Eighty-one people have been killed in fighting in Yemen between Houthis and government troops since Thursday, according to military and medical sources from the country. The fighting erupted after Houthis launched attacks on various coastal areas to gain control of the strait...
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Nieuws.nlFighting in Yemen between Houthis and government forces has killed 81 people since Thursday, according to the country's military and medical sources. The fighting arose after Houthis raided several coastal areas to gain control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
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