Yemeni Government Vows To Retake Sanaa as Houthi Strikes Injure at Least 73 in Saudi Arabia
The Yemeni government has announced a new military offensive to retake the capital, Sanaa, from Houthi forces. Meanwhile, Houthi drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia have injured 73 civilians and disrupted energy operations.
Why it matters
The escalation threatens to reignite a long-standing conflict and destabilize regional energy security.
The Yemeni government declared that it intends to retake the Houthi-held capital Sanaa as fighting intensifies with the Iranian-backed group, while Houthi missile and drone attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia injured 73 civilians and temporarily halted operations at energy facilities.
“The decision has been made to retake Sanaa. There are surprises we will not reveal now,” Al-Sabri told state-run Yemen TV on Monday.
Yemeni army spokesman Majid al-Nuzaili also announced the goal in a post on the US social media platform X.
“From today, we declare that our goal is clear and unequivocal: to liberate Yemen from the grip of the terrorist Houthi militias and restore Sanaa as a capital for all Yemenis,” al-Nuzaili wrote.
The Houthis seized Sanaa and large parts of Yemen in 2014. Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, subsequently fought the Iranian-backed group in a war that lasted nearly 12 years.
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