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Yemen Forces Retake Bab el-Mandeb Coast from Houthis as Fighting Intensifies
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Moneycontrol•06-10-2026, 07:26
Yemen Forces Retake Bab el-Mandeb Coast from Houthis as Fighting Intensifies
- •Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha.
- •The Houthis claimed they attacked key locations in Saudi Arabia including King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery.
- •Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to rapidly deploy military forces under the Mecca defence pact.
- •The renewed fighting has worsened the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, displacing 184,000 people.
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Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to Mocha, pushing Houthi fighters out of most areas they had recently seized and reaching the city's outskirts.
In response to the government's advance, the Houthis claimed they launched attacks on key Saudi locations, including Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh, Abha international airport, and the Khamis Mushait military base.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan agreed at an emergency meeting in Riyadh to rapidly deploy military forces and capabilities under the Mecca defence pact, which stipulates that an armed attack against any member is an attack on all.
