Yemen's government troops plan comeback after western retreat, says council member
Sultan al-Arada announced that Yemeni government forces withdrawn from the west coast are reorganizing and will re-enter combat.
The governor of Marib and member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, Sultan al-Arada, told state broadcaster Saba TV that forces pulled back from the western shoreline are being reassembled. He described the loss to the Houthis as painful but inevitable in war. Al-Arada blamed the Houthis for stalling the peace process and forcing a return to fighting.
Why it matters
It signals a possible escalation in Yemen's civil war, affecting regional stability and humanitarian conditions.
How this story developed
- Sep 8 Houthi strikes wound dozens in Saudi cities as coalition vows retaliation
- Sep 11 GCC nations issued a joint condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at the UN Security Council.
- Sep 11 Satellite images show smoke near Saudi Arabia's key East-West oil pipeline, heightening concerns over expanding Houthi attacks on energy assets.
- Sep 11 Houthis seized Perim Island and the town of Dhubab.
- Sep 11 Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis attacked the Saudi Arabian southwestern cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, and Jazan with ballistic missiles and drones.
- Sep 11 Iranian and Saudi diplomats held talks aimed at reducing regional insecurity.
- Sep 11 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Donald Trump to authorize U.S. strikes against the Houthis, but the United States limited its role to intelligence and targeting assistance.
- Sep 11 The Iran-backed Houthis captured the Yemeni side of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, Mayyun Island and the Hanish islands, consolidating control over the vital Red Sea corridor.
- Sep 11 Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said the pipeline was targeted by several drones launched from Iraq, causing human injuries and damage.
- Sep 11 New satellite data now show a smoke plume along the pipeline route.
- Sep 12 Satellite imagery shows a massive smoke plume about 100 km long and sustained thermal hotspots along the East-West Pipeline corridor southeast of Medina.
- Sep 12 Saudi Arabia closed its oil pipeline after drone attacks traced to Iraq.
- Sep 12 Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said navigation in the Red Sea was safe except for Saudi ships.
- Sep 12 Experts noted Iran now influences both the Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab chokepoints.
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