Yemen front and the region
Local authority: 4 Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Marib city
Marib's local authority said on Monday evening that the Houthis fired four ballistic missiles at the city; no toll has been announced yet. On the diplomatic front, the Saudi and Emirati foreign ministers discussed the Houthi attacks, al-Alimi met the US chargé d'affaires, and Erdogan said the attack on Riyadh airport killed Umrah pilgrims.
Summary
- AttributedMarib local authority: 4 Houthi ballistic missiles hit the city crowded with displaced people; losses still unknown.
- ConfirmedCall between Faisal bin Farhan and Abdullah bin Zayed condemns Houthi attacks and stresses Gulf coordination to de-escalate.
- ConfirmedAl-Alimi meets US chargé d'affaires Neil Hope and raises the siege of Taiz.
- ConfirmedErdogan: the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport cost Umrah pilgrims their lives; he gave no numbers.
- AttributedOn the ground: strikes on a Houthi arms depot in Jabal Habashi and a Houthi bulldozer destroyed in al-Madaraba, per pro-government sources.
ballistic missiles fired at Marib city, per the local authority
18:19Zpeople in Taiz the World Food Programme can no longer reach
Al-Monitor 18:08Zrise in food prices in Taiz since early September
Al-Monitor 18:08ZDevelopments in this window
- AttributedSanaa
Houthi government spokesman threatens wider operations against Saudi Arabia
Omar al-Bukhaiti, spokesman for the Houthi-run government in Sanaa, told the Houthi-run Saba agency that operations will continue with wider and harsher strikes under the formula "siege for siege, escalation for escalation". He said what he called Saudi mobilisations would keep being targeted. The statement is one party's account and cites no specific new operations.
Source: althawrah.ye - AttributedMarib
Local authority: Houthis targeted Marib city with 4 ballistic missiles
Marib's local authority said on Monday evening that the Houthis fired four ballistic missiles towards the city, which hosts large numbers of displaced people. No casualty or damage figures have been announced. There was no Houthi comment at the time of publication.
Source: adngad.net Lebanon ON - ConfirmedTurkey and Saudi Arabia
Erdogan: Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed Umrah pilgrims
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport cost Umrah pilgrims their lives and that Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have caused major regional tension. He gave no figures or nationalities, and we found no independent confirmation of these deaths.
Source: ajel.sa nabaajordan.com - ConfirmedHumanitarian
Al-Monitor: Yemen returns to full-scale war as US aid runs dry
Al-Monitor reported that Yemen is sliding back into full-scale war while its humanitarian system has been hollowed out by funding cuts, including nearly all US aid. Citing the World Food Programme, it said food prices in Taiz have risen 50% since early September and the agency has lost access to more than 600,000 people in the city. Foreign Minister Afrah Al-Zouba called the siege of Taiz a war crime.
Source: Al-Monitor - AttributedLahj
National Resistance: Houthi bulldozer destroyed on al-Madaraba front
The National Resistance's military media said one of its units in the al-Naqila sector of the al-Madaraba front in Lahj hit a Houthi bulldozer with a guided missile while it was building fortifications, killing its driver. It released video of the strike. No Houthi account is available.
Source: khabaragency.net - ConfirmedAden
Al-Alimi meets US chargé d'affaires
Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad al-Alimi received US chargé d'affaires Neil Hope to discuss Houthi escalation inside Yemen and across the Saudi border. Al-Alimi called for support to get water, food and medicine into besieged Taiz and said Operation "Dawn of Yemen" also covers protecting civilians and restoring services, according to the state agency Saba.
Source: yemenmonitor.com - ConfirmedSaudi Arabia and UAE
Faisal bin Farhan and Abdullah bin Zayed discuss Houthi attacks
The Saudi foreign minister received a call from his Emirati counterpart in which they discussed regional developments and condemned continued Houthi attacks on civilian areas in the kingdom. Both stressed continued Gulf coordination to de-escalate, according to the official news agencies.
Source: sabq.org yemenmonitor.com - AttributedTaiz
Local sources: strikes on Houthi arms depot in Jabal Habashi
Local sources told Aden al-Ghad that warplanes struck a Houthi weapons depot in the Wadi Bani Khawlan area of Jabal Habashi district, west of Taiz, on Monday evening. They said the depot was destroyed and successive explosions were heard. No details on casualties.
Source: adngad.net