Houthi Barrage Kills Seven in Yemen's Mocha
A fresh Houthi missile and drone barrage struck the Red Sea port city of Mocha in Yemen, killing at least seven people, according to reports, in a renewed assault on positions held by the Saudi-aligned government. It followed the group’s strike on a Saudi oil refinery over the weekend. The casualty figure could not be independently verified.
The attack on Mocha, a strategic port on the Red Sea coast, signalled a widening of the Houthi offensive that has reignited Yemen’s civil war after years of relative calm. The Iran-aligned movement, emboldened during the wider confrontation with the United States and Israel, has struck at Saudi oil sites and government-held towns alike. The United Nations has warned that the country risks sliding back into full-scale conflict, with catastrophic consequences for a population already enduring one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Casualty claims from the war zone are hard to verify. Watch whether the fighting spreads along the coast.