The Saudi-backed government launched a major new military campaign as the Houthis tightened their siege on the key city of Taiz.
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The Saudi-backed government launched a major new military campaign as the Houthis tightened their siege on the key city of Taiz.
Rashad al-Alimi, the head of Yemen's internationally recognized presidential council, announced on Sunday the start of a major military operation aimed at recapturing all territory held by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
In a televised statement, al-Alimi instructed the armed forces and all military formations to begin carrying out planned missions to liberate the country. He said the goal was to restore state authority across Yemen.
The announcement follows what government spokesmen described as hundreds of precision strikes against Houthi targets the previous day. Government forces spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said Saturday's operations killed at least 700 Houthi fighters.
The government's announcement came as Houthi forces cut the main supply road to the besieged, government-held city of Taiz, according to several security sources cited by AFP.
The sources said the Houthis had taken control of the al-Safiya area and a police station, effectively encircling Taiz and isolating it from the southern city of Aden. Fighting in the area was reported to be ongoing.
Taiz has long been besieged on three sides by Houthi fighters and represents one of the main fronts in Yemen's civil war, which began when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014.
The clashes mark a major escalation following the collapse of a fragile United Nations-brokered truce in July. Fighting has intensified and displaced hundreds of thousands since.
In recent weeks, the Houthis captured the port city of Mocha and strategic islands in the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a critical global shipping lane. Anti-Houthi forces later stabilized those front lines.
Separately, Houthi media reported Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in northern Yemen on Sunday, which reportedly wounded at least two people.
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The immediate driver is new information and intent pushing the story forward: specifically, the Houthi seizure of a vital supply line and the Yemeni government's declaration of a major counter-offensive. This is not an isolated event but part of a conflict loop that is compounding, where each military action makes the next one more likely.
The conflict is not happening in a vacuum. It has a high interaction field, meaning it is strongly coupled to external actors including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and international shipping lanes. Changes in these relationships will directly alter events on the ground.
This is a calculated conflict. Both sides are operating with high directed intelligence—clear, focused intent—raising the stakes of any miscalculation. The fighting is not chaotic but strategic, with each move aimed at achieving national strategic objectives.
For all the momentum, the critical constraint is cost. The availability of resources, political will, and external patience will ultimately decide which side can sustain its current course of action and for how long.
The system is at a bifurcation point. The trajectory of this phase of the Yemen conflict will be set within days, based on the initial results of the government's announced counter-offensive. The most probable outcomes all carry significant human and regional consequences.
Watch for the immediate military results of the government offensive and any corresponding expansion of Houthi attacks beyond Yemen's borders, as these will signal which of the projected paths is unfolding.
Rashad al-Alimi says the campaign aims to restore state authority throughout Yemen.
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The leader of Yemen's Saudi-backed government announced the beginning of a major military operation against the Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday aimed at recapturing territory under their control. The announcement came as Houthi forces cut off a vital supply route to the besieged government-held city
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