Houthi Strikes on Yemeni Military Threaten to Reignite Civil War

The Iran-backed militia said they had targeted the armed forces in two resource-rich provinces, as escalating violence in Yemen imperils a fragile truce. Reporting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Yemeni military said Thursday that the Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, had attacked the armed forces of the internationally-recognized government, an escalation that threatens to reignite Yemen’s long-simmering civil war. The Houthis targeted “several camps and units of the Armed Forces,” the military said in a statement posted on social media, “resulting in human and material losses.” The military did not say how many people were killed in the attacks but local media outlets reported dozens had been killed. Hours later, a Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said the group had launched “a large number of drones and ballistic missiles” at Yemeni military camps in Marib and Hadramout, two oil-rich provinces controlled by the government.

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