Military confrontations continued in Yemen between government forces and the Houthi Ansar Allah group, with airstrikes targeting positions along the western coast, while the United Nations confirmed that displacement linked to the escalation had forced 150,000 people to leave their areas.
Government operations on the western coast
Operations are concentrated in areas of Taiz and Hodeidah governorates, where government forces said in recent days that they had targeted Houthi positions, gatherings and vehicles in Mokha, Dhubab and other fronts along the western coast. Government forces’ military spokesman, Colonel Staff Officer Majed Abdullah al-Nazili, had announced the start of shelling coastal areas controlled by the Houthis, and urged civilians to avoid the Taiz–Mokha and Mokha–Dhubab roads and stay away from military positions and gatherings.
The forces said the pressure of the attacks had pushed them to redeploy along new defensive lines to preserve their capabilities and avoid having their units encircled. This came after the Houthis advanced in areas that had been held by government forces along the western coast.
The field developments coincided with worsening humanitarian needs among displaced people, particularly shelter, food, drinking water, health care and protection services, as families continued moving from areas of fighting in Taiz and Hodeidah to safer locations.
