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Yemen's government says it has launched a "strategic offensive" to retake Sanaa from the Houthis and claims it captured the Red Sea city of Mocha on Monday. The Houthis deny losing the coast. Neither side's claims have been independently confirmed.
An assistant defense minister said phase one targets Mocha and Bab el Mandeb, the strait at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. Yemeni government forces say they took Mocha with air support, captured Houthi fighters, took Wahijah to the south, and hold Dhubab airport. Witnesses said Houthi fighters left some positions near Mocha. The Houthis fired two missiles at the strait area.
Near Taiz, the Houthis say they drove government forces out of two districts and now hold more than 2,000 square kilometers of the province. The government says more than 50 Houthi vehicles pulled back from positions west of the city.
Houthi officials said their strikes will become "more searing and more expansive," and warned that Saudi airspace is unsafe for civilian flights except over Mecca and Medina. To that end, flights inbound to Riyadh have been disrupted several times today.
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