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KUALA LUMPUR, AUGUST 2026 — Yemen’s internationally recognised government has accused the Houthis of launching new ballistic missile attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha and residential areas in Marib, marking another escalation in the country’s renewed conflict. No casualties from the latest attacks were immediately reported.
The latest strikes came just one day after Houthi missiles hit al-Makha, also known as Mocha, killing at least seven people and injuring 30 others. The attack also caused extensive damage around the city’s port area.
Elsewhere, a Houthi drone attack in Shabwa province reportedly killed two Yemeni government soldiers and wounded seven others. Government-aligned forces responded by targeting Houthi positions in al-Jawf, Saada and areas of Marib.
The renewed exchange of attacks represents one of the most serious escalations in Yemen’s civil war in years. Major fighting had declined following a United Nations-brokered truce in April 2022, but violence has intensified again amid wider regional tensions.
The Houthis seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military coalition to intervene in support of the internationally recognised government in March 2015. The prolonged conflict has since caused extensive destruction and a major humanitarian crisis.
Recent tensions accelerated after a Saudi air strike on Sanaa airport on July 13, which prevented an Iranian flight carrying a senior Houthi delegation from landing. The Houthis subsequently attacked Abha airport in Saudi Arabia and announced restrictions targeting Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.
The Saudi-led coalition has responded with strikes on Houthi-controlled areas, including Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, while government troops have also been reinforced along front lines.
The United Nations has warned that Yemen now faces its greatest risk of returning to large-scale conflict since the 2022 truce, raising concerns that renewed fighting could pull the country deeper into the wider regional confrontation.
