The war in Yemen intensifies with increasing clashes and mutual attacks between Saudi forces and the Houthis. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said Saudi Arabia carried out 26 attacks on areas under the group’s control in the past 24 hours, as the two sides continue to exchange fire amid an escalating war in Yemen, according to the AFP news agency. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government said on Friday that its forces had killed 30 Houthi rebels and wounded more than 60 in clashes in the al-Waziiyah district of Taiz province, one of several fronts where fighting has intensified this week. The exchange came on the heels of a growing escalation of fighting in Yemen between the government army and the Houthis. fighters.Tens of thousands marched through Sana’a on Friday in a show of support for the Iran-backed Houthis and against Saudi Arabia, as the rebels press their advances that have brought large stretches of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, under their control. Earlier this week, intensified attacks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels killed at least five people, including three children, according to reports from both sides. killed in Taif governorate after a Houthi drone was intercepted, while Houthi-linked media outlets reported deaths from Saudi strikes in Taiz and the city of Abs. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned the Houthis’ continued attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying they had caused civilian casualties, including women and children, and damage to energy infrastructure. to international shipping in the Red Sea, along with the Houthi advance near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, are factors that threaten to widen the conflict, jeopardize maritime security and international trade, and undermine regional and international efforts to achieve peace in Yemen.” The members added that they were “deeply concerned by reports that at least 125,000 people had been displaced across Yemen since early September” and demanded “an immediate end” to the attacks by the group, expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia. and affirmed the kingdom’s right to self-defense under international law. The escalation has reached Washington, albeit reluctantly. They assured Washington that ships not linked to Saudi Arabia would not be attacked. Meanwhile, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that the bloc’s naval mission in the Red Sea, Operation Aspides, had raised its alert level as the situation in the region worsened, Reuters news agency reported. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Yemen and restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
