Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) tightened their offensive around Taiz over the past week, as they escalated their strikes on Saudi Arabia.
On October 8, the Houthis claimed missile attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Saudi aviation authorities said three Saudi citizens were killed, and an aircraft was damaged. The attacks disrupted international flights and prompted a response from the Saudi-led coalition. Explosions were also reported in Sanaa the following day, with Houthi media reporting six people wounded.
The attacks escalated on October 10, when a missile struck Riyadh airport, killing 12 people and injuring more than 300. Another projectile hit a passenger terminal on October 11, killing a Pakistani national and wounding 11. The repeated strikes severely disrupted air travel and exposed vulnerabilities in Saudi Arabia’s air defenses.
On the ground, Houthi forces reported capturing al-Misrakh district and positions in Jabal Habashi in Taiz on October 11. The following day, Houthi media showed operations around the Birin Triangle and Yafrus junction. The advances formed part of a wider push to encircle Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, after the Houthis captured Turbah earlier in the month.
Also on October 12, Houthi military media released footage from al-Faliha in Marib showing artillery and missile strikes against Saudi-backed troops, with several military vehicles burning. The group said its forces had repelled a government offensive.
On October 13, the Saudi-led coalition struck fuel facilities in Sanaa and storage infrastructure around Ras Isa and elsewhere in Hodeidah and Dhamar, saying the sites supported Houthi missile and drone operations. Hours later, a Houthi ballistic missile struck the Saudi Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, causing a fire. Saudi authorities reported no casualties.
Houthi media also reported clearing al-Sharjan, al-Ka’ala, Harazu and al-Khabakhib in western Lahij, potentially putting additional pressure on Saudi-backed forces near Bab al-Mandab.
On October 14, the group released footage it said showed fighters driving Saudi-backed troops from Dhubab Airport in Taiz, capturing personnel and seizing military vehicles. Houthi forces also reported capturing al-Hangar checkpoint and clearing positions in Anbian and Wateer, further tightening pressure around Taiz.
The very next day, October 15, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said that a surface-to-air missile had directly hit a Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon over Saada province in northern Yemen.
All in all, the Houthis have escalated on all fronts in recent weeks, tightening their siege of Taiz, pushing Saudi-backed forces away from Bab al-Mandab, and stepping up strikes on Saudi Arabia. The kingdom and its allies are yet to respond in any meaningful way in the face of this escalation, and despite their repeated military failures, they are yet to seek a real diplomatic solution.
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not really. najran and jizan have been attacked with missiles/rockets (not sure) aden, 5 ballistic missiles. most intense fighting has been and continues to be ta’izz. more than one houthi asset has been destroyed. a missile production depot, naval platform, “energy facilities” whatever those could be.
houthi have lost territory. not gained. they are attacking civilians just as all military groups seem to.
i am surprised, i had no idea they had a ballistic missile production facility in the mountains of sana’a. (they had, it’s gone.)
lol, how does mohammad bin sharmout’s ass taste?
there’s a destroyer! it has sonar. it’s sensing my submarine!
saudi prince is a guy. all the toilet comments are nondescript. i laugh.
royal prince wants majority shares in fifa.
houthi want to bring on the 12th imam.
can’t say what the 12th imam means for shia islam. haha!
that is so pathetic. la fin du monde
you’re just too good !
got it all sorted out then – yes ! schizophrenia episodes should be few and far between with you. what a champ.
💩💩💩 = 🇮🇱
nepotism kid wants to kiss trump’s a** and feel strong by beating on those he thinks are weak. turns out he is the weakest one, and getting his own a** kicked.
houthis want to free their country from foreign tyrants, and they are achieving it. whether you whine about it or make some pathetic attempts at humour won’t change anything
hahaha! houthi want the 12th imam. you know what that means? i have no cares for the president of the united states. he will be gone in 2 years and onto the next one. it’s still the gulf of mexico. i’m not whoever you think i am.
so what? have you seen chump’s crazy bitch of a “spiritual advisor?” “kill! kill! kill! bomb! bomb! bomb!” if you’re talking about religious nut jobs muslims come a very poor third behind the red heifer jooz and the loony tunes in the white house.
get your facts straight. they are not twelvers. they only follow the first five imams. they have their own particular faith.
watch the cockroaches come crawling out of the woodwork.
their navy destroyed, their airforce destroyed, their space marine corps destroyed. heard that before.
usa guy. yeah. i stated 2 cities in saudi that have been hit, and 5 missiles in aden! woah! that’s not good. but… there was a ballistic missile production facility in the mountains near sana’a. wow! production, not storage. that’s a big deal too. the war in yemen has been going on for phew longer than i can remember.
americunt goof anuz filled w hebrew jizz🥱
:o yawnnnnn not from the united states. sodomites are disgusting. diapers required after prolonged exposure. leakage.
well done hoouthis! teach those zio-takfiri scum a lesson
yemenis escalates, mbs ejaculates.
12+ kiled at least. many more wounded.