Symbolic imageThe Houthis have pushed inland: after Friday's deadly strike on al-Makha, whose port has now halted operations, missiles and drones hit residential areas of government-held Marib on Saturday and again overnight, injuring several and damaging homes.
Yemen's Houthi movement attacks merchant vessels passing its coast and has extended its strikes to targets inside Saudi Arabia. That sets it against the kingdom and against the shipping companies using the Red Sea, one of the main corridors between Asia and Europe.
Houthi missiles and drones hit residential areas of government-held Marib on Saturday and again overnight. Yemen's government calls the attacks an escalation; the port of Mokha has halted operations.
Houthi forces fired six ballistic missiles at the government-held Red Sea port of al-Makha on Friday, killing at least four. They also claimed a drone strike on a Saudi Aramco site in Najran.
The UN envoy warned on Thursday that Yemen is closer to all-out war than at any time since the 2022 truce. Houthi forces hit a military airfield near Bab al-Mandeb and claimed a drone strike on a Saudi refinery.
A Pentagon review disclosed on Tuesday found that US strikes on Yemen's Houthis killed 153 civilians in 2025. It surfaced as the rebels escalated their attacks on shipping.
Missiles set a cargo ship carrying food ablaze in the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Tuesday. Yemen's internationally recognised government blames the Houthis; crew members and rescuers were killed.
The National reported on Monday that the Houthis are seeking a role comparable to Hezbollah's and are preparing to escalate the conflict in Yemen in support of Iran. The Tehran Times writes that attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities and a naval blockade of Saudi-linked shipping are intended to force Riyadh to lift its blockade of Yemen.
Houthi missiles and drones struck Yemen's government-held port of al-Makha in two waves on Sunday. The same morning the rebels claimed a drone attack on Aramco's Jazan refinery.
Yemen's army says it struck Houthi positions on several fronts on Saturday, its first announced counteroffensive in months. Houthi shelling of Marib continued.
Houthi missiles and drones killed at least 58 Yemeni government soldiers at camps in Marib and Hadramawt on Thursday, the deadliest day since the 2022 truce. The same attacks wounded 11 civilians across the border in Saudi Arabia's Najran region.
The Houthis said on Tuesday they had struck Najran Airport in response to Saudi drone incursions over Yemen; Saudi-led coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki said they hit civilian targets in the Najran region, wounding 11 civilians including a child. Gulf shipping traffic fell after the rebels also said they had attacked a Saudi oil tanker, and the kingdom warned of escalation.
Houthi drones and missiles hit Yemeni government army camps in the provinces of Marib and Hadhramaut on Thursday. It is the deadliest attack since the UN-brokered truce of 2022.
US airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen killed or injured hundreds of civilians during 2025, according to media investigations cited by TASS on Thursday. The Pentagon has not acknowledged that the air campaign caused civilian casualties, despite detailed reports from human rights organisations.
Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday they hit two Saudi oil tankers, the Wafa off Yanbu and the Daisy in the Gulf of Aden. Oil prices rebounded, and Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claims.
The Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia widened on Tuesday, with a claimed drone strike inside the kingdom and an Indian-flagged vessel sunk off Yemen. Saudi crude is being pushed away from the Red Sea.