"In The Name Of God": Yemen Leader Orders All-Out Offensive Against Iran-Backed Houthis

"In The Name Of God": Yemen Leader Orders All-Out Offensive Against Iran-Backed Houthis Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces have been preparing for a major offensive against Iran-backed Houthis, whose latest advances along Yemen's western coast have tightened their control over coastal areas and disrupted a critical maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Bloomberg now reports that the operation is underway. The outlet reports that Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, ordered all branches of the armed forces into active combat operations on Sunday. "All state military, security and civil institutions as of this moment are mobilized and on high alert until the mission is...

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