Yemeni government targets Houthi positions after Mokha capture

The Yemeni Armed Forces released footage showing what it described as members of its air force targeting Houthi positions and vehicles.

This comes as more than 2,000 people reached Djibouti, after the Houthis' capture of Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait island.

The Yemeni Armed Forces released footage showing what it described as members of its air force targeting Houthi positions and vehicles.

Separately, the army released video showing what it said was Othman Mujali, a member of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, inspecting the Second Emergency Brigade forces and inaugurating a command and control headquarters.

The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighbouring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen's government.

The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a "painful" defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

The escalation of Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and its shipping in the Red Sea, adds pressure on global oil supplies and prices, and that could give Iran leverage in the war with the US.

The conflict in Yemen has displaced as much as 85,000 people.

More than 2,000 people have reached Djibouti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), after the Houthis' capture of Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait island.

Djibouti's Economy and Finance Minister Ilyas M. Dawaleh, said on X that the country's navy, coast guard and other specialized agencies were conducting rescue operations and providing emergency assistance.

In Somalia, which borders Djibouti, the country's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he had held good talks with UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS leaders' summit.

He said that they agreed to put the past aside and look forward to the future, and how they can build a future together.

Pezeshkian said the dilemma for the Gulf states is that geography is immutable.

Decades of confrontation have failed to alter a simple reality: Iran's position alongside the region's energy and trade arteries makes it an unavoidable player in any Gulf security equation.