New Houthi attacks: a Saudi military base has been hit
New attacks by the Houthis, who used drones and ballistic missiles to strike weapons depots and command and control centres at a military base in the Sharurah region of Saudi Arabia .
Warning that future operations will be “more intense and far-reaching” and that they will penetrate deep into Saudi territory . State media in Riyadh have released footage showing damage sustained by homes and a mosque during another rebel air raid in the southern province of Jazan.
Riyadh, which leads the fragmented anti-Houthi coalition, is attempting to counter the offensive by the “Partisans of God”: Saudi aircraft carried out two air strikes against the districts of Sahar and Baqim”, reported Sanaa Almasirah TV, affiliated with the Houthis, which a few minutes earlier had reported “artillery fire” in the border district of Monabbih.
The Yemeni government, meanwhile, has promised to send further troops to the Red Sea coast after admitting to a “painful” defeat last week, when pro-Iranian fighters captured the port city of Mokha and an island, enabling them to control the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important routes for transporting oil from the Gulf to the Mediterranean.
But for now, the Houthis appear to be making steady progress in their advance, which, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has caused 86,000 people to be displaced since July. And they feel less vulnerable now that Donald Trump has twice rejected a request for direct intervention from Mohammed bin Salman.
