Yemeni army details Houthi missile attack on Mokha port
Houthi forces launched four ballistic missiles at Mokha port, targeting civilian and national infrastructure and causing casualties, the Yemeni army said.
On August 14, Yemen's internationally recognized government reported that Houthi missiles struck the Red Sea port of Mocha, resulting in at least four civilian deaths. The attack, which targeted civilian infrastructure and national assets, occurred amid heightened tensions between the Houthi-aligned group and its Saudi-backed opponents.
The Saudi-backed forces claimed to have hit Houthi-backed military build-ups, weapons, and warships in Mocha using a large number of ballistic missiles. Additionally, the Houthi-run SABA news agency cited a military source stating that the group had also targeted an Aramco facility in the Saudi city of Najran with a drone, though the precise target and outcome of the attack were not confirmed.
This escalation follows a series of attacks on Saudi infrastructure, with the Houthis announcing a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea on July 20 in response to the country's "siege" of Yemen. The conflict in Yemen, which began with the Houthis seizing the capital Sanaa in 2014, has seen intermittent fighting since a U.N.-brokered truce in 2022, with ongoing efforts to establish a lasting political solution remaining unsuccessful.
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