Yemeni Government Forces Drive Houthis From Bab El-Mandeb Strait - BusinessWorld Online
Saudi air strikes helped government forces reach Mocha and threaten Houthi control of a Red Sea oil route, officials said.
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Yemeni government forces, backed by Saudi airstrikes, claimed to have pushed back the Houthis from several positions near Bab al-Mandeb and captured Mocha. The Houthis rejected these claims, threatening retaliatory attacks, and the fresh fighting has raised concerns about global shipping, supplies to Taiz, and increasing displacement.
This article was first published through Cedarnews.net. To follow up on more news and exclusive reports, they visited us on our site. The confrontations escalated in Yemen with government forces declaring progress in the brain and in the vicinity of Bab al-Mandab, while the Houthis denied these gains and announced new attacks on sites inside Saudi Arabia.
The Yemeni government said Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces advanced rapidly from the Bab al-Mandab Strait to the city of Moka on Monday, trying to retake control of the areas and pushing back the Houthis. In response, the Houthis said they had targeted key sites in Saudi Arabia, including King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Aramco’s refinery in Rabigh, Abha International Airport and the Khamis Mushait military base. The claims cou…
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