• Fwd from @ 📝Conflict prolonged forever📝 The Yemeni front increasingly resembles a traditional regional war of attrition. Neither the coalition nor the Houthis can "break" each other on the ground, so both sides are increasingly shifting the war to the skies and against the enemy's economy. 🔻What's happening on the Yemeni front? ▪️The pro-Saudi coalition attempts to consolidate on a previously captured section of the western coast near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but has not reached the Zubab area. ▪️The most intense clashes continue near Taiz, where heavy fighting rages for western and southern heights. Positions change hands in places, but neither side achieves a significant strategic breakthrough. ▪️In the provinces of Marib and Al-Jawf, combat intensity has increased, but this has not yet affected front line changes. Positional warfare continues there because both sides' main forces have been redeployed to Taiz. ▪️In parallel, the usual exchange of strikes in depth continues. According to Ansarallah information, Saudi aviation delivered over 74 strikes in a day against Sana'a, Marib, Saada, Al-Jawf, Taiz and other areas. In response, the Houthis again shelled oil and gas infrastructure and Riyadh airport, where, according to reports, there are many wounded. 🖍Government formations have transitioned to strategic defense. The grouping at the strait pursues the task of holding a bridgehead for future unblocking of shipping in the Red Sea, while reserves from "quiet" front sectors are withdrawn and redeployed to Taiz. This is because the city's fall could nullify the defensive line and become a symbolic collapse of the entire campaign. 🚩The Houthis pursue a mirror objective: the final capture of Taiz will close the southern direction and free up thousands of fighters. Holding positions at Bab el-Mandeb is equally important; success in this direction would deprive Riyadh of hope for quickly restoring shipping. In turn, Ansarallah's strikes on Saudi airports and oil facilities inflict multimillion-dollar losses on the kingdom. The Houthis, in war against a superior asymmetric opponent, can only bet on moral and economic exhaustion. ❗️In the short term, one can expect a new large-scale series of Royal Air Force airstrikes on Yemen. The Saudis need to answer for the blood at their own airport. So ahead for both sides is only escalation. 📍High resolution map 📍
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