81 dead as Yemen's Houthis push towards key strait: Sources
The Houthis launched ground, rocket and drone attacks to advance on Bab al-Mandab and cut off Mokha, officials said, as 81 combatants were killed.
- Clashes between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces have killed 81 combatants since Thursday, as rebels launched a ground assault near the Red Sea coast targeting the government-held port city of Mokha.
- Houthi forces are attempting to sever access to Mokha and advance toward the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait, aiming to seize elevated positions overlooking government-held areas to control the Red Sea shipping lane.
- Military sources reported 24 government soldiers killed on the Red Sea coast and 15 in the Taiz area, while medical sources confirmed at least 42 Houthi militants died during the Thursday fighting.
- Yemeni officials in Aden sent reinforcements to Taiz on Saudi orders to counter the rebel advance, defending government positions near the coastal town of Khokha and inland Taiz.
- This escalation threatens the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, a vital transit route for oil exports after Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, marking Yemen's deepening involvement in the broader Middle East war.
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More than 120 killed in Yemen's worst clashes in years: sources
Fighting erupted on Thursday (September 3), after the Iran-backed Houthis launched a ground assault along with rocket and drone attacks near coastal areas, vying for control of the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait at the Red Sea's southern entrance.
Yemen: Fighting intensifies amid Houthi push in the west
Houthi forces are trying to secure high ground and solidify their control of the entry to the Red Sea in the southwest. The Iran-backed militia abandoned a shaky truce with the Saudi-backed government-in-exile in July.
The clashes in Yemen between the pro-government forces and the Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, have resulted in over 120 deaths in just two days, marking the bloodiest fighting in recent years. The violence has erupted as a result of an offensive launched by the rebels in the direction of strategic tightening Bab el-Mandeb, in the Red Sea, reports Friday AFP.
Iran’s dangerous proxy storms Yemen: Is the Houthi push for Bab al-Mandab just beginning?
Yemen's Houthis have opened multiple fronts in their fiercest territorial offensive against government forces since 2022, with at least 81 fighters reportedly killed. The escalation began with missile and drone attacks before Houthi ground forces pushed across Maqbanah, Mawzaa and Jabal Habashi in Taiz and toward strategic Mount Dabbas in southern Hodeidah. Saudi-backed government forces claim some lost territory was later recaptured as both sid…
According to medical and military circles, more than 120 people have been killed since Thursday in serious battles between the pro-Iranian Houthi militia and government troops in Yemen.
Last night, the situation in Yemen, divided into several parts by various paramilitary ethnic groups and the internationally recognized government of the country, sharply deteriorated. The Arab press reports that clashes between the Yemeni Houthi militia “Ansar Allah” and
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