# Yemen Launches Military Offensive Against Houthis

> Yemen and Saudi coalition strike Houthi targets as civil war resurges.
- Title: Yemen Launches Military Offensive Against Houthis · Dw
- Summary: Yemen and Saudi coalition strike Houthi targets as civil war resurges. Yemen's military and Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive against Houthi fighters…
- Keywords: yemen, saudi coalition, houthi, sanaa, hodeida, dhubab, bab el-mandeb strait, taiz, aden, raiyadh, aramco refinery, rabigh
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- Topics: yemen, saudi coalition, houthi, sanaa, hodeida, dhubab, bab el-mandeb strait, taiz, aden, raiyadh, aramco refinery, rabigh
## Yemen and Saudi coalition launch offensive
Yemen's military and a Saudi-led coalition began operations against Iran-backed Houthi fighters in Sanaa and Hodeida.
## Coalition destroys Houthi military assets
Coalition forces destroyed weapons depots, booby-trapped boats, and naval mines in Hodeida.
## Yemen recaptures strategic town Dhubab
Yemeni forces retook Dhubab, a key location north of Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
## Houthi besiege Taiz for over a decade
Houthi fighters have besieged Taiz for more than a decade, cutting off the city from government-held Aden.
## Houthi strike Saudi Arabia
Houthi forces targeted Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and Rabigh's Aramco refinery with missiles and drones.
## Mecca alliance deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
Turkey and Pakistan agreed to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.
## Key takeaway

Yemen's military and Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive against Houthi fighters in Sanaa and Hodeida, retaking Dhubab and escalating conflict after a four-year ceasefire.