Government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels clashed along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Houthis struck across the border into Saudi Arabia and seized key west-coast positions, displacing tens of thousands and threatening strategic shipping lanes.
Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, bringing fighting closer to major shipping routes.
The United Nations estimates more than 80,000 people have been displaced since early September.
The National Resistance reported heavy casualties on both sides: more than 500 government-aligned fighters killed and over 1,000 Houthi fighters killed in recent weeks.
Fighting along Yemen's Red Sea coast intensified on September 14 as government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels engaged in renewed clashes. The Houthis took control of the port city of Mokha and an island at the entrance to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Yemeni government officials called the losses "painful," and vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast.
Saudi Arabia reported cross-border attacks and sounded sirens in Abha and Khamis Mushait after the Houthis said they used drones and missiles to strike targets inside Saudi territory. Saudi civil defence said a projectile landed near the Red Sea border area, injuring two people and damaging a mosque and other buildings.
The capture of territory near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait matters because it is a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz. The advance brought Houthi positions to within about 32 kilometres of the major U.S. military base in Djibouti, raising concern among neighbouring countries that host foreign military forces. The Houthis have declared a blockade and said they are targeting Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea, which could affect global shipping and energy markets.
Saudi Arabia did not announce new cross-border strikes on the Houthis in the immediate aftermath. The Houthis said their declared blockade does not aim to threaten commercial shipping belonging to other countries, although their strikes on Saudi infrastructure and shipping have already increased pressure on oil supplies and prices.
The conflict in Yemen is intensifying, as government forces launch attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fire into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government.
The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast after conceding a "painful" defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
Fighting in Yemen intensifies, and Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia SAMY MAGDY The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia , which supports Yemen’s government. The Yemeni
The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia.
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