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Can Yemen’s government forces sustain their offensive against the Houthis?
Houthi missile strikes threaten key supply routes on Yemen's Red Sea coast, intensifying pressure on government forces.
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Strike on Riyadh: What options for the Saudi-led coalition?
Saturday's attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, marked a sharp escalation in the Yemen war. Riyadh backs the internationally recognised government against the Houthis, who captured swathes of the Red Sea coastline in a lightning offensive last month. The Saudi-led coalition has vowed a firm response, but what options are on the table? We discuss this with Dr Nawaf Obaid, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
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How the Houthi-Saudi conflict is affecting countries on Africa's Red Sea coast — and beyond
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Yemeni government forces are trying to take back from the Houthis, is located not far from Djibouti and other African states.
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How the Houthi conflict is affecting countries along Africa's Red Sea coast — and beyond
The latest escalation in the Middle East is taking place just a few kilometers off the coast of Africa, at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Djibouti and its neighbors are particularly exposed.
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Yemeni forces launch offensive to retake Houthi-held al-Waziiya in Taiz
The mountainous district is key to control of Mocha, the Red Sea port the Houthis seized last month.
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Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport
Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month.
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Yemen forces reclaim key Red Sea port city from Iran-backed Houthis in major counteroffensive
Oil markets remain on edge over potential Middle East supply disruptions, with Brent trading around $100 a barrel as the risk of further escalation persists.
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Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise
Neighbouring countries say coastal states must govern Red Sea as fighting escalates in northern Ethiopia.
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Can Yemen retake territory seized by Houthis?
The group has taken control of much of the Red Sea coast.
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Yemeni military says it has 'secured' Red Sea waterway
Saudi-backed forces gave conflicting reports of whether they had also seized the port city of Mokha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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Inside the ‘kill box’: The Yemenis who stayed behind in Houthi-held Mocha
Yemenis trapped in the Red Sea port city speak of deteriorating conditions there.
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A Yemeni family spends a week on the road fleeing another Houthi offensive
Displaced Yemenis are fleeing again, as the Houthis capture the Red Sea coast.
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Are Houthis using new modified cruise missiles in Yemen’s war?
Experts say use of modified Iranian defence system could alter the balance in the fight for the Red Sea.
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The intelligence war is turning against the Houthis
Russian-Iranian intelligence helped the Houthis' offensive on the Red Sea coast. Now that system is under attack.
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Yemeni leader urges public to enlist, offers amnesty to Houthi defectors
Rashad al-Alimi pledges amnesty for Houthi defectors in first speech since losing ground on the western Red Sea coast.
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Why Eritrea matters as fighting returns to Ethiopia's Tigray
The US has removed key sanctions on Eritrea as Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping and fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Analysts say Eritrea's strategic value is growing.
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Why Eritrea matters as fighting returns to Tigray
The US has removed key sanctions on Eritrea as Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping and fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Analysts say Eritrea's strategic value is growing.
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Yemen government forces claim control of Mount Qarfan in Taiz
Major General Abdulaziz al-Majidi says five Houthi fighters killed and 20 wounded after 'fierce battles'.
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UN warns of rising Yemen displacement as thousands flee to Djibouti
Renewed fighting could drive 10,000 across the Red Sea and displace more than 230,000 internally, UNHCR says.
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UK to offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling to counter Houthi attacks
A British tanker plane will provide "defensive" air-to-air refuelling for Saudi warplanes to help the country defend against Houthi strikes, the UK government confirmed late Monday. The show of solidarity follows a Saudi request for military support after the Houthis increased drone and missile attacks on it in recent weeks alongside a lightning offensive to capture Yemen's Red Sea coast.