Houthis Kill 53 Soldiers in Yemen Military Camp Strike — SkimNews
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- Houthis struck the al-Alam military camp in Shabwa province with three ballistic missiles, killing at least 53 soldiers and wounding 200 recruits in what provincial authorities called a critical military escalation.
- Shabwa provincial government said the death toll is preliminary and may rise; the targeted recruits were training for a newly established Rapid Intervention force tasked with defending the area, and the camp sits on a supply-line route toward government-held Marib.
- Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, promised a "firm response" and called the attack a "cowardly terrorist" move by Iran-backed forces "whenever they face pressures or their Iranian-backed sabotage plots falter."
- The attack shattered a 2022 ceasefire deal and is part of fighting that surged amid broader Iran-U.S. conflict tensions; the Saudi-led coalition this month launched a major offensive to retake Houthi-held Red Sea coast and Bab el-Mandeb Strait territory.
- A Sunday Saudi-led coalition airstrike on rebel-held Saada killed at least 9 people including 5 children and 2 women, part of weekend strikes that killed or wounded more than 30 people.
Why it matters: The strike — the deadliest since a 2022 ceasefire collapsed — shows Houthi reach into government-held Shabwa province, home to supply lines toward Marib. With Yemen's President al-Alimi promising a "firm response" and the Saudi-led coalition already launching a major offensive this month along the Red Sea coast and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen's civil war is escalating on multiple fronts simultaneously.
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