The Yemeni army forces , on Thursday, destroyed a machinery for the U.S backed Saudi-led coalition , killing all of them in the Durahemi front, in the West Coast. They also targeted a military truck in the same front in the West Coast with a guided missile.
Earlier in the day, the Engineering Unit had destroyed two armored vehicles for the coalitio with two explosive devices in al-Durahmi, killing and injuring all of them.
The US-Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive on Hudaydah on 12 June in the largest battle of the war that the United Nations fears risks triggering a famine in Yemen where an estimated 8.4 million people are on the verge of starvation. Recently, It has been paused for peace talks, but no deal has been struck leaving Yemenis pessimistic over a viable political process.
Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi(Ansarallah) movement, which is the main force that faces the coallition, said on a TV speech ,” The decision of invading the Yemeni ,western coast, has been taken and adopted by the United States of America,noting that the Saudis are trying to abolish Yemen’s freedom,” stressing that it was the people of Yemen’s right to defend their country.
The Bab el-Mandab Strait, which is the southern entrance to the Red Sea, is one of the world’s key shipping lanes for crude oil and allows crude exports into the European market.