Yemen’s war is back: A new battle for Sanaa and the Red Sea

War is once again descending on Yemen, a country once described as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.The country is currently experiencing its most serious spell of fighting since 2022, when a United Nations-brokered truce halted eight years of a war that had killed tens of thousands of people.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Yemeni forces launch counteroffensive against Houthis, vow to retake Sanaalist 2 of 4Saudi Arabia says 73 wounded as Houthis attack civilian and energy siteslist 3 of 4Saudi-Houthi fighting in Yemen escalates: What happened, and what’s next?list 4 of 4Yemen’s reignited war fuels a new wave in child recruitmentend of listThis week, Yemen’s internationally recognised government launched counterattacks against the Houthi rebels, with fighting intensifying on Monday in the provinces of Taiz, al-Bayda and al-Jawf, the latter seen as one of the main gateways to the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa. The Houthis, meanwhile, say they have repelled some of the government forces’ advances and attacked Saudi Arabia, which supports the Yemeni government.A wider landscape of regional instability and conflict has created new conditions for Yemen’s unresolve...