Houthi Strikes on Marib as UN Warns of Civil War
Fresh Houthi attacks struck the government-held Yemeni city of Marib, killing and wounding civilians, as the United Nations warned that Yemen risked sliding back into full-scale civil war. Yemen’s government said at least two civilians were killed and fourteen wounded, while other accounts put the toll higher; the figures could not be independently verified. The assault is the latest in a Houthi offensive that has reignited the country’s decade-long conflict.
Marib, an energy-rich stronghold of the internationally recognised government, has long been the most fiercely contested prize in Yemen’s war, and a renewed battle for it threatens catastrophe for civilians. The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control much of the country, have grown emboldened during the wider confrontation with the United States and Israel, and have struck across the border into Saudi Arabia. The UN’s warning underscored fears that a fragile lull is collapsing. Casualty claims from the warring sides diverge sharply and are hard to verify. Watch whether the Houthis break the government’s lines or a wider war reignites.