Yemen War Turns Toward Sanaa
Yemen's government launched a drive to retake Sanaa as Houthis claimed missile and drone strikes on Aramco.
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Liberation of Yemen or Saudi Arabia's war by proxy?
Yemen's government launched a drive to retake Sanaa as Houthis claimed missile and drone strikes on Aramco.
Liberation of Yemen or Saudi Arabia's war by proxy?
Yemen's government forces said the Homeland Shield Forces and Giants Brigades, backed by Saudi-led coalition air strikes, retook the Red Sea port of Mocha and the Dhubab district near Bab al-Mandeb, which the Houthis had seized in mid-September.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, meeting as the Mecca Defence Alliance in Riyadh on October 5, agreed on collective deterrence measures in response to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Yahya Saree reported fires at Aramco in Riyadh and Khurais the way he reports everything: precise, direct and ahead of the evidence.
A counteroffensive toward Sanaa gets announced from Riyadh, which tells you where the plan was approved and where it will be tested.
Bab al-Mandeb is why Mocha matters: the Red Sea's toll booth, and whoever holds Dhubab holds the receipt.
A body count of 1,747 Houthis is a government number precise enough to impress and unverifiable enough to be safe.
The Mecca Defence Alliance met in emergency in Riyadh: three armies agreeing on deterrence while the drones agreed on Khurais.
Mocha changed hands twice in a month, making the port named for coffee the most caffeinated real estate on the Red Sea.