Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis
The offensive follows Houthi gains that displaced more than 145,000 people and threatened a key Red Sea shipping route, officials and U.N. agencies said.
- On Monday, Yemen's internationally recognized government launched the 'Dawn of Yemen' offensive to retake territory held by Houthi rebels, with President Rashad al-Alimi stating the operation aims to restore state institutions.
- This military campaign follows a rapid Houthi offensive last month that seized the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and encircled the city of Taiz, disrupting critical supply routes to Yemen's third-largest city.
- Backed by a Saudi-led coalition, government forces reported conducting 1,122 operations, claiming to have 'neutralized' 1,747 Houthi fighters, though Houthi spokespeople dismissed these claims as 'completely untrue.'
- Renewed fighting has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis, with the UN migration agency reporting over 184,000 people displaced inside Yemen and more than 3,000 fleeing to Djibouti.
- Pakistan and Turkey recently agreed to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under the 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,' while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed the government has a 'right to defend themselves.
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Events and changes are accelerating in the Yemeni landscape, further complicating the overall conflict in the region. The Bab al-Mandab Strait should not be viewed simply as a new chapter in the Yemeni civil war; the situation has transcended Yemen's borders and become part of a broader struggle for control over energy and trade routes between Asia, the Gulf, and Europe. Within weeks, the Houthis achieved their most significant territorial gains…
Fighting is intensifying between the Saudi Arabia-led coalition and Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels. The coalition appears to have recaptured key areas in the Red Sea. The Houthis fired missiles and drones at Saudi airports and oil facilities. According to the UK's The Guardian and other sources on the 5th (local time), Yemeni government officials stated that the coalition had recaptured Dubab, Bab, and Hodeida, located north of the Bab el-Man…
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.
Control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait is linked to the broader Middle East conflict and the international oil market.
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