Ceasefire in the Yemeni civil war between the Houthis and the Saudi Arabia-backed, internationally recognized government, which lasted several years, appears to have collapsed last month as fighting resumed between regional US and Iranian allies.
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The collapse of the UN-backed 2022 agreement occurred when the rebels declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. They attacked Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and the kingdom’s oil infrastructure, alongside Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
A medical source in Mokha, controlled by the internationally recognized Yemeni government based in Aden, stated that three civilians and eight military personnel were killed in Houthi attacks.
Another 32 people were injured, six of them civilians. The source explained that all civilian casualties were due to strikes on the port of Mokha.
Two military sources in government forces earlier confirmed that at least eight soldiers were killed in the strikes, and more than 40 soldiers were injured.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group targeted “Saudi Arabia’s enemy” soldiers and equipment in the area with missiles and drones.
Earlier, Y. Saree reported that the Houthis struck an oil facility on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, as the Gulf kingdom’s energy ministry announced it had extinguished a fire at the Jazan facility.
He added that the attack on the facility operated by Saudi state oil company Aramco was carried out in response to drone incursions by the Gulf monarchy into northwest Yemen.
Two military sources in the Aden-based government confirmed that the Houthis attacked Mokha with several waves of missiles and drones.
One of these two military sources said the Houthis also targeted government-supporting forces and facilities outside Mokha and sites on islands near the Bab el Mandeb Strait, a shipping artery at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.
The same military source reported that some targets of the Iran-backed group housed Saudi soldiers, but no casualties among Gulf kingdom military personnel were reported.
Residents of Mokha confirmed to AFP that they heard explosions in the area, and one said they “heard drone and air defense system explosions over the port and city.”
Another resident said they heard “six explosions in a row” in the port area.
The Houthis control large parts of Yemen, including the capital Sana’a and territories bordering Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea provinces.
The threat posed by Yemen to shipping and Saudi oil facilities increased as Iran continued its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently the main flashpoint of tension between Tehran and Washington, amid efforts to end the war in the Middle East that the US and Israel started in February.
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