AdenHouthis say Saudi Arabia’s airspace “will become a theater of military operations.”
Yemen’s deputy defence minister says the army will retake every province, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Saudi air cover backs a push at Bab el-Mandeb, the strait the Houthis seized last month, but fighting continues there.
Five government military sources say the Houthis have encircled Taiz, a city of over half a million.
Polymarket traders give 17% odds that Bab el-Mandeb is effectively closed by 31 December.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide
- TASS
- reports government 'Dawn of Yemen' operation with 100 Saudi coalition jets targeting Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Mokha, aiming restoration of state control across all provinces
- The National
- contextualizes renewed fighting as return after 2022 lull, maps pro-government military weaknesses (122,000 troops, internal factions, prior failed offensives vs. Iran-backed Houthis)
- South China Morning Post
- reports contradictory government claims (Dhubab airstrip seized vs. ongoing fighting at military base), emphasizes residual Houthi capability to target from inland positions
- TASS leans critical
- reports Houthi coordination center threat to make Saudi airspace 'theater of military operations,' warns airlines to avoid kingdom's airspace
Sources: TASS, The National, South China Morning Post, TASS