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Yemen military announces broad range of strikes against Houthis in bid to retake lost territory

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The Yemeni military announced on Monday that it will launch a broad set of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in an attempt to retake lost territory. The Houthis launched an offensive in September, which killed hundreds of combatants on both sides, according to UN figures, and has since beco

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All three outlets frame the story as the Yemeni government or its allies announcing a new major military push against the Houthis. Reuters uses the broadest language in both of its items and, in one extract, is the only outlet to mention Saudi-backed forces trying to counter Houthi advances and attacks on Saudi infrastructure. CNN foregrounds the coalition’s pledge of support and calls it a major military offensive, while Al Jazeera alone quotes government forces describing it as a “battle for liberation.”

Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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