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“Warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers were used to target Houthi positions in various parts of Yemen, military spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said on Friday evening.”

“Fighting intensifies across Yemen as the armed forces say 474 attacks in 24 hours killed or wounded 1,540 Houthi fighters, and the Saudi-led coalition intercepts three ballistic missiles targeting southern Saudi Arabia.”

“The airport attacks have escalated the war in Yemen and threaten to draw in the US military.”

“It came as the war in Yemen intensifies, with the Houthis battling forces aligned with the internationally recognised government for control of the country.”

“United States President Donald Trump has said that the Houthi rebel group in Yemen are stepping up attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia in a bid to increase energy prices in the run-up to the US midterm elections.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government wants to show that it has finally taken the initiative against the Houthis in the country’s long-running war.”

“This is the most consequential escalation in the Yemen war since the UN-brokered truce of 2022.”

“The military of Yemen’s internationally recognised government has recaptured the strategic port city of Mocha and launched a major counteroffensive to oust the Houthis from key positions near the Bab al-Mandeb strait.”

“Yemen has been at war since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, forcing the Yemeni government to retreat to Aden.”

“Early on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition, which backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government, said its armed forces carried out 97 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi reinforcements on the Tor al-Baha front and the Taiz axis, using warplanes,…”

“Iran war live: Yemeni forces strike Sanaa as Trump warns Tehran of hard way Fighting in Yemen displaces more civilians, as Trump signals a decision on Iran, saying,’The only question is, it’ll either be the easy way or the hard way’.”

“Following the discussions, Araghchi on Sunday warned against pursuing a military solution to the conflict and offered Tehran’s assistance in facilitating dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.”

“Following the deadly attack on the Riyadh airport that killed 12 people and wounded 300, US President Donald Trump said he would reconsider the US role in Yemen, adding that he is weighing resuming strikes on Iran.”

“The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to waters in the Middle East close to Iran, a US official has told Al Jazeera, as the war enters its eighth month and both sides weigh escalation and diplomatic engagement.”

“He told Fox News he believes the US is “going to win the war” with Iran “very soon”, while suggesting in other remarks that a return to military action “is possible” but something he would rather not spell out before November’s midterm elections.”

“Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, said operation Dawn of Yemen aimed to retake all remaining Houthi-held territory, including the capital, Sanaa, which the group has controlled since 2014, when the war first started.”

“The warning comes as the capture of Yemeni territory along the Red Sea coastline last month by the Iran-backed Houthis has raised concerns over the safety of internet cables linking Europe and Asia.”

“In a statement late Monday, the Iranian ministry described the UK’s claims of an Iranian role as “an ugly plot” that would also serve to “evade accountability for Britain’s participation” in the ongoing war against Iran on February 28.”

“What happens next Developments in the Yemen war in the near future depend on the government forces’ ability to hold the positions they have retaken, secure the area around the strait and the connecting roads and remove the Houthi threat from the highlands.”

“Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have signalled they intend to disrupt an Arab-operated and United States-assisted shuttle system that has enabled more energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israel war on Iran.”

“Many embark on this journey in search of employment and safety in Gulf countries, undeterred by the rising instability in the region due to the US-Israel war on Iran and the resumption of fighting in Yemen between government forces and Houthi fighters last…”

“The military of Yemen’s internationally recognised government says it has killed hundreds of Houthi fighters in targeted operations over the past 24 hours.”

“Its inventories have fallen sharply since the Iran war began and remain below normal levels despite refiners increasing their output.”

“The Houthis, who have controlled Yemen’s populous northwest, including the capital Sanaa, since the country’s war started in 2014, did not stop their military attacks at the Red Sea.”

“After three years of Israel’s multi-front war in the Middle East, it would be no surprise if this month’s Knesset elections were taking place against the backdrop of an economy in dire straits.”

“United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg says that the country has slid back into “full-scale war” as fighting between the Houthis and internationally recognised government forces continues.”

“Beirut, Lebanon – A day after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Hezbollah made the decision to join the war, in what it said was support of the Palestinian people.”

“…factors are driving the crisis, particularly unpaid public-sector salaries, declining purchasing power, rising prices for goods and services, and the continuing consequences of the division of Yemen’s currency and banking systems in the early years of the…”

“Over the past decade of war in Yemen, tribes have repeatedly mobilised against the Houthis at a local level, but deep divisions and a lack of sustained outside backing have prevented the emergence of a unified tribal front.”

“In the past three years, following the October 7 attacks and the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the wider region has been marked by conflict, economic turmoil, and a shattering of the balance of power.”

“The intensified fighting in Yemen comes amid mounting regional tensions set off by the US-Israel war on Iran.”

“That is on top of the more than five million Yemenis who had previously been displaced as a result of the war, which began with the Houthi takeover of Sanaa in 2014.”

“Oil prices, which have been elevated since the start of the war on Iran, rose on Wednesday as traders weighed the fallout of fighting between forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Iran-aligned Houthis.”

“Saudi-backed Yemeni forces say they have tightened control over the highest peak in the Jabal Habashi district of Taiz as part of the “Dawn of Yemen” operation to reclaim territory from Houthi fighters.”

“In Pictures Aden, Yemen – In this coastal city long accustomed to sweltering, humid summers, the absence of electricity can reshape an entire day.”

“Crude oil exports from the Middle East have risen above pre-war levels on four of the seven days in the last week of September, provisional data from ship-tracking firm Kpler showed.”

“The Houthis – an armed group that has controlled much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, since September 2014 – have fought the government for more than a decade in a civil war that has drawn in a Saudi-led military coalition.”

“Against this backdrop, the United States-Israel war on Iran and the involvement of Yemen’s Houthis just across the Red Sea from Eritrea have also increased concerns over trade routes through that waterway.”

“Hodeidah has been a key target of both sides in Yemen’s war since Houthi forces captured the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014, forcing Yemeni government forces to flee south.”

““This community was turned into a war zone.”

“Three out of four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry after a surge in fighting displaced tens of thousands of people and disrupted food supplies, the United Nations food agency says.”

“The Saudi-led alliance fighting Yemen’s Houthis has accused the Iran-aligned group of attacking an electricity facility in the Muslim holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia this week, a claim the Houthis deny.”

“On the intensifying war in Yemen, Rezaei denied any Iranian involvement, adding that it could offer mediation between the warring sides.”

“The Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia continue trading attacks in an escalating war in Yemen, as the Houthis press gains that have brought large stretches of the Red Sea coast, including the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, under their control.”

“Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said Saudi Arabia carried out 26 strikes against areas under the group’s control in the past 24 hours, as the two sides continue trading attacks amid an escalating war in Yemen, according to the AFP news agency.”

“Control of the strait has been contested for years, as Yemen’s government, Houthi rebels and, at times, forces in the region have held stretches of its coastline at different points since the war in Yemen began in 2015.”

“The agency has documented that more than 104,000 people have recently fled the war in Yemen, alongside large-scale displacement out of Lebanon and Syria amid the region’s ongoing conflicts.”

“The Foreign Ministry spokesperson also discussed the war in Yemen, where fighting between forces loyal to the Saudi Arabia-backed internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels escalated last week, with the Houthis also launching attacks on Saudi…”