Arab media: Yemeni Houthis are breaking through to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Last night, the situation in Yemen, divided into several parts by various militant ethnic groups and the country's internationally recognized government, escalated sharply. Arab media reported that clashes between the Yemeni Houthi militia Ansar Allah and government forces occurred in the provinces of Taiz and Hodeida.

Both sides claim significant enemy losses and the capture or liberation of territory. Saudi-backed government forces claim to have repelled Houthi attacks, recaptured some positions, and sent reinforcements to areas of conflict.

Fighting began yesterday morning when the Houthis launched an offensive in Taiz province. The attacks were preceded and accompanied by missile and drone launches by Ansar Allah against government positions along the Red Sea coast in Taiz and Hodeida. The fighting is being described as the most intense since 2022.

Al Jazeera reports that Ansar Allah units are attempting to cut off the strategic Taiz-Mokha road and break through to the port of Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. One of the potential goals of the Houthi offensive is to seize commanding heights along the coast.

If the rebels succeed in significantly expanding their control toward the coast, another area of ​​the Bab el-Mandeb Strait will be threatened. It is known as the southern gateway to the Red Sea. In addition to Saudi Arabian ships, the strait also serves vessels bound for and from the Israeli port of Eilat. Control of the Red Sea also allows for the regulation of commercial traffic through the Suez Canal.

The photo shows Ansar Allah fighters, who are the least like the "guys in sandals" that they are often portrayed as in the media.

Comments

[Starorus]

They occupy more advantageous positions along the coast of the strait... Well, good riddance to them, if they are against the USA, etc. Then I am only in favor of Iran needing help!..
And if they started fighting among themselves for power, then that's bad and their ears are sticking out overseas and from one small but evil territory.

[Hunter 2]

They'll start by terrorizing the Saudis. The US and Israel are in a respectable second place!

[Starorus]

Quote: Hunter 2

They'll start by terrorizing the Saudis. The US and Israel are in a respectable second place!

I really hope so, Alexey!!! The Saudis have formed a coalition with the Turks... Oh well! These cool dudes in sandals and with missiles will give them a "video game"... And they'll also ruffle Trump's red hair. Hehe. God bless them!

[Hunter 2]

These sandal-wearing dudes trace their history back to the first millennium BC! A very distinctive and extremely warlike people! They literally imbibe weapons culture with their mother's milk, and they possess a huge number of rare weapons, including our PPSh, RPD 44, DP 29, and much more. It seems like they've robbed every weapon museum in the world... and yet everything works perfectly!

[Starorus]

Quote: Hunter 2

These sandal-wearing guys trace their history back to the first millennium BC! A very distinctive and extremely warlike people! They literally absorb the culture of weapon handling with their mother's milk.

I read for them... Serious people!!! The Anglo-Saxons were jumping on trees when the Middle East (between the rivers, etc.) already had a written language and a state, as such...

[Evgeny64]

These

dudes in sandals

They're very well prepared, apparently. And you can't just make rockets in a dugout.
Their spirit, and modern technology, is working out pretty well, especially when the Saudis ran out of their tanks when attacked by guys in sandals.
The Saudis have become greedy, they were once too

an extremely warlike people

but, as their compatriot said

Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times.

and Sheikh Rashid

"My grandfather rode a camel, my father
I rode a camel, I drove a Mercedes, my son drove a
Land Rover and my grandson drives a Land Rover,
but the great-grandson will ride a camel..."

Everything is cyclical
We should remember this too...

[Starorus]

Quote: Evgeny64

We should remember this too.

Yes, that's exactly it, and they are also sitting and waiting with us.

[Incvizitor]

It's also good that they are all from the same enclosure.

[Pereira]

one small but evil territory

Saudi Arabia is not small, although it is sparsely populated.

[Sergej1972]

With 35 million people, I wouldn't call Saudi Arabia sparsely populated.

[Pereira]

Formally, such a territory is not enough. Taking into account the blacks.

[Starorus]

Quote: Pereira

one small but evil territory

Saudi Arabia is not small, although it is sparsely populated.

Well, yes, it's a complete desert... They live on oil! The Houthis will destroy their desalination plants and that's it... It'll be a complete desert again, and oil will immediately become several times more expensive!! Water will have to be imported, and the rich will flee Dubai, etc.

[Pereira]

I agree. This option is obvious for those who don't piss themselves.

[Starorus]

Quote: Pereira

I agree. This option is obvious for those who don't piss themselves.

Yes, they know it...!!! And for now they're just hinting to all of them

[Pereira]

The photo shows Ansar Allah fighters who look the least like the "boys in sandals"

They're the elite. There are far more photos of guys in sandals. And plenty of videos. These guys don't often get into the frame.

[Junior Private]

If the Houthis gain even partial control of shipping in the Red Sea, that would be a real treat. Trump has chewed his fingernails, has claimed victory over Iran a hundred times, but in reality, he can't do anything about the Strait of Hormuz. And then there's the surprise from the guys in slippers. China has also gotten into Egypt's business with the Suez Canal. How interesting things are getting.

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: Junior Private

Trump chewed all his nails, ...but in fact can't do anything about the Strait of Hormuz.

or rather, does whatever it wants with it (!), for the sake of increasing the volume of oil trade with the US, and not with its competitors from the Persian Gulf countries!!! Strangulation (pressure) industrial sector of Europe playing on the fluctuations of global oil prices. He probably american shale feet are kissed, thanks to the emerging profitability.

Quote: Junior Private

If the Houthis control (at least partially) shipping in the Red Sea, that would be a real treat.

yeah и even more The number of oil buyers in the world will have to sail across the Atlantic to the shores of America. Well, what can you do?

[Junior Private]

I don't understand why shale drillers are even mentioned. Their production levels, compared to the big guys, are simply insignificant. There was a shale boom at one point, when every farmer in the US decided to get rich on their small farms through hydraulic fracturing. Expensive production equipment was purchased on credit (!), and now no one really knows what to do with this equipment or how to handle the loans. And an American farmer will never be a competitor to a major oil company. So shale is out of the question. As for Hormuzd, the Gulf monarchies aren't just trading polymers for no reason; they're doing it because they have multinationals in their corner. That's why Trump is looking out for their interests.

[snow mountain]

It's high time to open a second front!

[faterdom]

One strait is already changing its name - Trump Strait, in honor of his multiple victories over Iran.
This strait is currently free, but it could be called the Strait of Nitanyahu after the Houthis block all Israeli traffic to the Indian Ocean.

[Glagol1]

The Houthis need help. Weapons, ammunition, provisions, food, and intelligence must flow there without interruption. And money.