Fighting in Yemen intensifies, Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia
ADEN, Yemen — 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 government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of…
The Yemen conflict escalated on Sunday, with government forces clashing with Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea, while the Houthis launched attacks into Saudi Arabia, a supporter of Yemen's government. The Yemeni authorities pledged to deploy additional forces to the Red Sea coastline, admitting a "painful" defeat last week when the Houthis seized the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital shipping route alternative to the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.
This intensification of hostilities threatens global oil supplies and prices, potentially providing Iran with leverage in its ongoing conflict with the United States. Yemen risks spiraling into another civil war, with the United Nations estimating that over 80,000 people have been displaced by the fighting since early September.
One eyewitness recounted the harrowing experience of fleeing from the town of Khawkha in Hodeida province along the Red Sea, narrowly escaping a mortar shell that fell during a midnight evacuation shortly before the city fell to the Houthis.
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