The latest attacks come just a day after Houthi forces attacked al-Makha (Mocha) and its port, killing seven people. Published August 11, 2026 August 11, 2026 The armed forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government have accused the Houthis of launching another round of ballistic missile attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha and residential areas in the central city of Marib. Yemeni forces did not state whether Monday’s attacks caused any damage. Victims. Recommended Stories 4-item listend list The attacks came a day after Houthi missiles killed at least seven people and wounded 30 others in al-Makha, also known as Mocha. The attacks caused extensive damage to the city’s port area. Elsewhere in Yemen on Monday, a Houthi drone strike killed two Yemeni government soldiers and wounded seven others in the south-central province of Shabwa, according to local media reports. Yemeni forces, in a series of outposts in They are the deadliest in years in Yemen’s civil war and mark a major escalation in the conflict, which has been reignited by the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28. The Iran-backed Houthis captured Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014, with a Saudi-led coalition intervening in March 2015 on the government’s side. They reached a truce in April 2022 that ended major clashes across the country. But violence reignited on July 13 with a Saudi airstrike on the tarmac of Sana’a airport, which prevented an Iranian flight carrying a high-ranking Houthi delegation from landing. Following the attack, the Houthis attacked Abha airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia and announced a blockade of Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. They have also attacked Saudi ships and oil facilities in the kingdom, adding further disruption to the global economy. The Saudi-led coalition, in turn, has attacked Hodeidah and Kamaran, Yemen’s largest island in the Red Sea, controlled by the Houthis. It has also reinforced Yemeni troops along the front lines in Yemen to launch a ground offensive against the Houthis. Meanwhile, the United Nations has called for restraint. “Yemen faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict today than at any time since the April 2022 UN-brokered truce,” UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned on Friday. to a broader regional confrontation, with devastating consequences for its people.”
