Houthis claim striking Saudi military equipment shipments
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- Saudi Arabia reportedly launches three strikes on recently captured Houthi positions.
- Clashes intensify over control of a strategic Red Sea gateway following the collapse of the ceasefire.
Iran-backed Houthi forces have released images purporting to show a ballistic missile strike targeting trucks carrying military equipment from Saudi Arabia to the Al-Wadiah military camp in Yemen’s Hadramawt province.
The release comes amidst a sharp escalation in ground and air operations across southwestern Yemen, where government forces backed by Saudi Arabia are battling to halt Houthi advances.
A military official told AFP on Saturday that three airstrikes by Saudi Arabia—a key backer of the internationally recognized government in Aden—targeted positions recently captured by the Houthis in Taiz.
AFP journalists saw Yemeni government forces being ferried to the front lines in pickup trucks, with some soldiers carrying assault rifles and others with rocket-propelled grenades slung over their shoulders.
The renewed clashes in Yemen’s southwest over control of a gateway to the Red Sea came after Friday saw some of the deadliest fighting in years, following the collapse in July of a 2022 ceasefire.
