Houthi attacks kill five in Yemen as rebels target oil-rich Marib
Houthi rebels launched drone and missile attacks in Yemen's Marib province, resulting in at least five deaths and multiple injuries. The escalation threatens the stability of the region and risks a return to full-scale conflict.
Why it matters
The violence in Marib is a critical flashpoint in the Yemeni conflict, with significant implications for regional security and humanitarian conditions.
Houthi attacks on Yemen's Marib province killed at least five people on Friday (August 7, 2026), according to a Minister and military source, as the rebels escalate strikes on the oil-rich region a day after their deadliest attack in years.
The latest violence has raised the spectre of a return to war in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, where a 2022 truce between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government had largely held before unravelling last month.
A Houthi drone strike in Marib killed three members of government forces, a Yemeni military source told AFP , while the Health Minister for the Saudi-backed government said the rebels shelled residential areas and displacement camps in Marib city, killing at least two civilians and injuring 14 others.
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