This image taken from video broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-controlled news channel, shows an explosion at the Sanaa International Airport compound during what the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said were several Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP image)
The escalation has displaced more than 82,000 people in Yemen since the beginning of September, according to the United Nations migration agency, adding to the humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country. The National Resistance, a government-allied force that previously controlled parts of the country’s western coast, said more than 500 government fighters had been killed along the west coast over the past four weeks. It also said around 1,500 others had been wounded since August 9.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government vowed to deploy more forces to the Red Sea after suffering what it described as a “painful” defeat last week, when the Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital shipping route connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Saudi civil defence authorities said overnight that a projectile fell in another area near the Yemen border along the Red Sea, injuring two people and damaging a mosque and several other buildings. the attacks have raised concerns in global markets and contributed to renewed pressure on oil prices Although the group has said it does not intend to threaten commercial shipping from other countries. Dawaleh said on X that the country’s navy, coast guard and other specialised agencies were carrying out rescue operations and providing emergency assistance.
Saudi authorities blamed the Houthis for the attack. The Houthis have also targeted Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping as part of what they have described as a blockade. Djibouti’s Economy and Finance Minister Ilyas M.
Fighting intensified in Yemen on Sunday as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea coast, while the Houthis claimed attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, escalating fears of a return to a wider civil war.