The coalition offensive aims to destabilize the Houthis by targeting their supply networks, Bab al-Mandeb maritime routes, and tribal backing near Sanaa. Forcing rebel units into the open has exposed them to lethal air strikes along the western coast and in Taiz. Nevertheless, the group continues to launch daily drone and missile attacks against Saudi Arabian airports while securing territorial advances in Lahij and Taiz.
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The offensive pressures Houthi survival by targeting their fuel supplies, maritime routes…: The offensive pressures Houthi survival by targeting their fuel supplies, maritime routes, and surrounding tribal support.
Houthi units continue to project cross-border power through daily drone and missile strik…: Houthi units continue to project cross-border power through daily drone and missile strikes directed at Saudi Arabian airports.
Neither warring party exhibits any indication of de-escalating the conflict despite the r…: Neither warring party exhibits any indication of de-escalating the conflict despite the reported toll of casualties.
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The Houthis suffer losses but also inflict pain on government forces and Saudi Arabia. And there are no signs that either side is easing up, analysts say.
Sanaa, Yemen – When news broke on October 5 that Yemen’s internationally recognised government was launching a major new offensive to take control of territories held by Houthi fighters, Mohammed Ahmed began to prepare for the worst.
Sanaa has been under Houthi control since late 2014 after the Houthis seized the capital city in the initial phase of a civil war that has ebbed and flowed for more than a decade.
But when it announced Operation Dawn of Yemen, the new offensive, last month, Yemeni government forces, backed by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition, declared they would aim to retake control of all parts of the country held by the Houthis, including Sanaa.
“A state of worry and uncertainty overwhelmed my family and me,” Ahmed, a 40-year-old resident of Sanaa, said.
Ahmed was not concerned about which side would emerge victorious. Instead, he feared the consequences of hostilities near or inside Yemen’s most densely…
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