Crossfiled5 outlets · filed 4 October 2026
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces expel the Houthis from several areas around key strait, officials say
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month.
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Both outlets foreground the Saudi-led coalition’s claim that a large air campaign is under way against the Houthis in Yemen, and both mention the involvement of 100 fighter jets. Sky News stresses the headline figure of 324 “high-value targets” attacked, while The Guardian US emphasizes that the operation was said to have secured “air protection” of the Bab al-Mandab strait and destroyed hundreds of targets.
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