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Southern forces announce redeployment from Dhubab and Bab al-Mandab to secure Aden
The Southern Armed Forces announced on Sunday morning that they were redeploying their troops from Dhubab airport and the Bab al-Mandab area west of Taiz, saying securing Aden is the priority. The army spokesman welcomed the statement and said liberating Bab al-Mandab is an inherent right, while pro-Houthi media described the move as a withdrawal. In Bahrain, the Defence Force said it intercepted Iranian air attacks, without giving details.
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Summary
- ConfirmedA Southern Armed Forces statement carried by several outlets announces the redeployment of their troops from Dhubab airport and Bab al-Mandab to secure Aden and continue efforts to break the siege of Taiz.
- AttributedArmy spokesman Majid al-Nuzaili praises the southern forces and says liberating Bab al-Mandab and the west coast is an inherent right, urging international support.
- AttributedThe Bahrain Defence Force says it intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian air attacks on Sunday, without giving a number or a time.
- UnverifiedAl-Mahrah quotes the army's website as saying a brigade operations chief and several soldiers were killed in fighting in Jawf; we did not read the original report.
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- AttributedAden
Army spokesman welcomes southern forces statement, calls liberating Bab al-Mandab an inherent right
Yemeni armed forces spokesman Colonel Majid al-Nuzaili said in a statement published by Okaz at 07:18 UTC, and then by Aden Al-Ghad and Al-Mashhad Al-Yemeni, that the southern forces' statement continues the stance of the resistance, and that protecting Aden and breaking the siege of Taiz is a national responsibility. He added that liberating Bab al-Mandab and the west coast is an inherent right of the armed forces, and called on the international community to support the effort given the strait's importance for shipping. He said Operation Dawn of Yemen is advancing towards its goals, without giving battlefield details or a timetable.
- AttributedBahrain
Bahrain Defence Force: a number of Iranian air attacks intercepted and destroyed
The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force said in a statement carried by the Bahrain News Agency on X at 07:15 UTC that air defences intercepted and destroyed "a number of Iranian air attacks" on Sunday before they reached their targets, and that all its units are on the highest alert. The earliest outlet we found ran the headline at 07:09. The statement gives neither the number of drones nor the time of interception, and mentions no damage or injuries. It follows the Interior Ministry's two alerts at 01:32 and 03:50; we found no third alert on its account.
- UnverifiedJawf
Army mourns a brigade operations chief and several soldiers killed in Jawf fighting
At 06:47 UTC Al-Mahrah TV quoted September Net, the army's mouthpiece, as saying Colonel Saleh Mohammed Murad, operations chief of the Second Brigade of the First Emergency Division, and several soldiers were killed during the Dawn of Yemen battle in Jawf. We could not reach the original report or its timestamp, and the report gives no death toll, date or location for the battle. We found no Houthi comment.
Source: almahriah.net - ConfirmedBab al-Mandab
Southern forces announce redeployment from Dhubab airport and Bab al-Mandab
Several Yemeni outlets, the earliest being Al-Mashhad Al-Yemeni at 06:21 UTC, published a Southern Armed Forces statement announcing the redeployment of their troops from Dhubab airport and the Bab al-Mandab area west of Taiz. The statement says the move aims to secure Aden and neighbouring provinces against Houthi build-ups, reinforce the fronts and keep working to break the siege of Taiz with coalition support, and that the fight against the Houthis continues. We did not read the original post on the forces' account, but the army spokesman referred to the statement in a later response. The pro-Houthi site Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni called the move a withdrawal and said at 07:27 that the pull-out from Dhubab airport was complete and that Saqia and Kahbub would follow; that last claim has not been confirmed by an independent source.