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world5 days ago•5 min saved

Yemen government mounts push to recapture Sanaa as fronts widen

Yemen’s internationally recognised government launched a counteroffensive, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, to retake Sanaa from the Houthis as fighting expands across Taiz, al-Bayda and al-Jawf. The Houthis say they repelled the assault and cite casualties, including an air strike on a prison in al-Hazm. The WHO reports at least 728 killed or wounded since Aug. 23 and about 21,000 displaced in Taiz, highlighting a renewed, high-casualty phase with civilians affected and roads into Sanaa being warned about.

via Al Jazeera|

#al-jawf #houthis #sanaa

world6 days ago•4 min saved

Yemen government reports tactical gains as frontline fighting with Houthis escalates

Yemeni government forces say they recaptured the Hais area in Hodeidah and pushed forward in western Taiz, signaling some momentum against the Iran-aligned Houthis. But the Houthis still control Sanaa and threaten Makha and areas near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, so no decisive shift has occurred. The fighting has caused civilian casualties and displacement, and the conflict’s wider regional stakes—including Saudi involvement and Red Sea shipping security—remain high.

via Al Jazeera|

#bab-al-mandeb #hodeidah #houthis

middle-east7 days ago•2 min saved

Red Sea Frontline: Yemen clashes kill at least 60 as Houthis press westward

Clashes between Yemen's government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthis killed at least 60 people, including civilians, as the Houthis pressed along the western Taiz and southern Hodeidah fronts near the Red Sea. The fighting raises the specter of disrupted shipping through Bab al-Mandeb, a crucial maritime chokepoint for global trade, amid a long-running war and a collapsed truce. The toll includes 26 government troops, 31 Houthi fighters, and six civilians in Taiz, with ongoing fighting and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

via The Guardian|

#bab-al-mandeb #houthis #middle-east

world7 days ago•7 min saved

Yemen government employs its own air power to counter Houthi push toward Bab al-Mandeb

Yemen’s internationally recognized government carried out at least 15 air strikes on Houthi targets in Taiz and Hodeidah as fighting intensifies and government forces try to blunt a Houthi offensive toward the Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The strikes mark a major shift from relying on the Saudi-led coalition to using the government’s own air power, amid a broader unraveling of the 2022 truce, with casualties reported and potential implications for shipping routes through the Red Sea.

via Al Jazeera|

#bab-al-mandeb #houthis #red-sea

world9 days ago•3 min saved

Houthi push threatens Taiz–al-Makha corridor as Yemen clashes flare west

Houthi fighters launched a broad offensive along Yemen’s western front, aiming to cut the Taiz–al-Makha road and sever Taiz from the Red Sea coast, as government forces clash with Houthis across Taiz and nearby fronts; drones and missiles were reported, with casualties on both sides, signaling a possible return to wider conflict and jeopardizing Red Sea maritime routes.

via Al Jazeera|

#al-makha #houthis #red-sea

conflict3 years ago•9 min saved

Yemeni City Longs for Change After 10 Years of Civil War

Taiz, Yemen's third most populous city, has been on the front line of the country's civil war for nearly a decade. The war has destroyed millions of Yemeni lives, but perhaps nowhere has it been felt more than in the front-line neighborhoods in Taiz that are closest to the fighting and have seen the worst of the war. The Houthi blockade has severely disrupted the lives of people here, impeding the flow of food and medicine and other necessities to the city, driven prices up and further disrupted a failing economy. The citizens of Taiz say they are at their wits end, desperate for change.

via NPR|

#civil-war #conflict #houthi