Yemen war: What’s the latest, as government forces claim advances?

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has announced a major military campaign to retake all territory controlled by the Houthis, marking a new escalation in a civil war that had largely been frozen for several years before intensified battles in recent weeks.The announcement by Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the executive body of the Yemeni government, comes after weeks of heavy fighting and major Houthi advances along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and around the strategically important city of Taiz.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3A Yemeni family spends a week on the road fleeing another Houthi offensivelist 2 of 3Houthis claim strike on Aramco site as Yemen fighting intensifieslist 3 of 3Saudi-led coalition dismisses ‘misleading’ Houthi claim of Riyadh attackend of listOn Monday, Yemeni government forces said they had regained control of the Dhubab district on the country’s west coast near the Bab al-Mandab strait after clashes with the Houthis, who denied the announcement.The fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi Arabia-backed Yemeni government forces has expanded since a fragile 2022 truce collapsed in July, di...