Yemen Civil War News and Discussion.. an evolving situation

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BREAKING: Ansar Allah have liberated the strategically important Zuqar Island from Saudi-backed proxy forces, located in the international shipping lane in the southern Red Sea



this is huge news if confirmed, the UAE has invested a lot to build major airstrip facilities there and the Israelis are also involved

 

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Ansarallah now controls more than 300km of Red Sea coastline

 

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this aged very badly. but a good insight into the islands and Mocha before Yemen's offensive to liberate them.

 

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Ansarallah soldiers in liberated Mocha

 

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‘It’s really bad,’ Fmr. Yemeni official describes losing Mocha to Houthis, calls for more Saudi involvement​

Houthi forces took control of the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Mocha, less than 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, after government forces retreated from the area overnight, despite making advances in Yemen's desert interior. This comes despite Saudi-backed Yemeni forces announcing Wednesday that they had made significant gains in the north and central desert areas and appeared to have broken through Houthi lines.

In reality, the Houthis had simply repositioned, giving up open desert territory in order to seize the more strategically valuable western coastline. By Thursday morning, the group had taken Mocha after government forces retreated en masse, effectively swapping territory with Saudi-backed forces in a trade that leaves the Houthis with a more direct ability to threaten shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and increase pressure on Saudi Arabia.

A former Yemeni military official told i24NEWS that the government's boasting about desert gains was "actually a cover for their losses on the coastline." "It's really bad," he said, adding that the only way to turn the tide is for Saudi Arabia to get more involved and activate the Mecca Accord, bringing Turkey and Pakistan into the fight.

‘It’s really bad,’ Fmr. Yemeni official describes losing Mocha to Houthis, calls for more Saudi involvement - i24NEWS

The Houthis have edged closer to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after seizing the strategic port city of Mocha, even as Saudi-backed forces claimed battlefield gains elsewhere in Yemen

www.i24news.tv

 

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Saudi's Aramco Jazan refinery (one of Saudi Arabia's largest refineries) has taken a major beating from Yemen's missile and drone forces:





at least two impacts at the Aramco Abha bulk plant as well:



each pin indicates a Yemeni strike and material damage overlaid on pre-war satellite imagery for clarity (recent low res imagery showing the damage can be found on Copernicus)

if Saudis continue to interfere in Yemen, they will lose what is left of their southern Aramco facilities and Ansarallah will move up to target strategic sites in Yanbu and Riyadh as well ...

 

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early reports that Ansarallah forces are moving towards Dhubab, the last remaining Saudi-backed position on Yemen's Red Sea coast before reaching the Bab el Mandab Strait itself

Dhubab is 45km south of Mocha, which was liberated by Ansarallah forces earlier today / overnight

 

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Ansarallah now controls 70% of Taiz governorate, the most populous governorate in Yemen



Reminder: pre-1990, Yemen was split between North Yemen and South Yemen, which increasingly matches the current geographic split between Ansarallah and the Saudi/UAE-backed proxy forces

 

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The spokesperson said Pakistan would act “when the time comes,” but I don’t expect any boots on the ground in the near future.

What I find bonkers is the argument that Yemen’s mountainous terrain would somehow be an insurmountable problem for Pakistan. Nearly half of Pakistan is mountainous, and the military already operates in extremely difficult terrain. Some FOBs are literally around 10,000 feet above sea level.

The real problem in Yemen is not the terrain; it is the quality of the opposition to the Houthis. Much of the anti-Houthi camp has been fragmented, poorly coordinated and, at times, simply inept. That makes the Houthis look far more formidable than they might against a professional battlehardened army.