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Yemen Forces Set Up War Command Near Bab al-Mandab as Houthis Advance
(MENAFN) Yemeni government forces said Thursday they have stood up a new command center south of the strategic port city of Mocha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, after Houthi fighters broke through multiple front lines across the country's west.
The move underscores Mocha's outsized strategic weight: the city sits close to Bab al-Mandab, one of the world's most vital shipping corridors, linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and serving as a gateway for vessels moving to and from the Suez Canal.
The government-aligned 2 December news agency reported that Presidential Leadership Council member Tareq Saleh had ordered forces along Yemen's western coast to "reorganize their ranks."
Saleh, who leads those forces, said the National Resistance, Giants Brigades, Nation's Shield and units of the Taiz Axis had taken heavy losses in recent days while repelling a Houthi push he described as "planned by Iran."
Separately, the media office of the government authorities in Al-Hudaydah said in a statement that units operating around Hays in the province's south and in western Taiz were being repositioned as part of an effort to "organize the deployment and redistribute forces," ahead of a coordinated field operation and a restructuring of defensive lines.
At the same time, activists circulated images on social media that they said showed Houthi fighters after seizing the Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Al-Hudaydah.
Should the Houthi capture of those two districts — previously held by National Resistance forces — be confirmed, it would mark the group's full consolidation of control over Al-Hudaydah province, according to a correspondent.
Fighting between government forces and the Houthis raged on Wednesday across Marib, Al-Bayda, Al-Hudaydah, Taiz and Al-Dhalea provinces, leaving multiple dead, including civilians, as government reinforcements poured into Mocha.
The surge in violence marks the most intense round of fighting in Yemen since 2022, when a UN-brokered truce took hold before the peace process collapsed and clashes resumed in July.
Yemen has been mired in war since the Houthis overran the capital Sanaa and several provinces in September 2014 — a takeover that triggered a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervention in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.
The move underscores Mocha's outsized strategic weight: the city sits close to Bab al-Mandab, one of the world's most vital shipping corridors, linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and serving as a gateway for vessels moving to and from the Suez Canal.
The government-aligned 2 December news agency reported that Presidential Leadership Council member Tareq Saleh had ordered forces along Yemen's western coast to "reorganize their ranks."
Saleh, who leads those forces, said the National Resistance, Giants Brigades, Nation's Shield and units of the Taiz Axis had taken heavy losses in recent days while repelling a Houthi push he described as "planned by Iran."
Separately, the media office of the government authorities in Al-Hudaydah said in a statement that units operating around Hays in the province's south and in western Taiz were being repositioned as part of an effort to "organize the deployment and redistribute forces," ahead of a coordinated field operation and a restructuring of defensive lines.
At the same time, activists circulated images on social media that they said showed Houthi fighters after seizing the Hays and Al-Khawkhah districts in southern Al-Hudaydah.
Should the Houthi capture of those two districts — previously held by National Resistance forces — be confirmed, it would mark the group's full consolidation of control over Al-Hudaydah province, according to a correspondent.
Fighting between government forces and the Houthis raged on Wednesday across Marib, Al-Bayda, Al-Hudaydah, Taiz and Al-Dhalea provinces, leaving multiple dead, including civilians, as government reinforcements poured into Mocha.
The surge in violence marks the most intense round of fighting in Yemen since 2022, when a UN-brokered truce took hold before the peace process collapsed and clashes resumed in July.
Yemen has been mired in war since the Houthis overran the capital Sanaa and several provinces in September 2014 — a takeover that triggered a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervention in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.
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