Riyadh and Washington are discussing maritime cooperation and enhancing navigation security

Operation “Yemen Dawn” launched by government forces entered its second day with the expansion of field gains in Taiz and Marib and the opening of new axes, while Saudi Arabia affirmed its full support for the Yemeni Presidential Command Council and the legitimate government, to end the Houthi coup and restore the state and its institutions.

The Saudi position came during a Cabinet session chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, in Riyadh, where the Council confirmed that the Houthi group chose military escalation as an alternative to peace, deepening human and economic suffering, and threatening the security of the region and navigation in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The Yemeni "Homeland Shield" forces launched a massive attack to liberate the Al-Wazi'iyah District in Taiz, and were able to control a strategic area overlooking Mount Mansoura, amid talk of a mass escape of Houthi elements. In the south of the governorate, the forces achieved new progress by liberating the Al-Mandhara, Al-Asharif and Dhiban mountains in the Haifan District, coinciding with violent confrontations in the Quds isolation in Al-Mawaset.

In Marib, government forces continued their advance south of the governorate, and took control of strategic sites and mountain ranges, including Thamad, Al-Qaymah, Al-Maqilat, Akd Al-Qaymah, and Al-Rasid, according to military sources who spoke of Houthi deaths, injuries, and prisoners, the destruction of combat equipment, and the downing of a drone.

On the western coast, the forces consolidated the gains of the first day around Dhubab, its airport, and Al-Omari camp, while continuing to move towards Mokha. The developments coincided with coalition strikes targeting the capabilities of the Houthi group on various fronts.