Saudi-led coalition blames Houthis for Medina power station attack as Yemen fighting intensifies
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The Saudi-led coalition accused Yemen’s Houthi movement of attacking an electricity distribution station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, this week, while the Houthis denied involvement.
The coalition said the station supplies the Prophet’s Mosque and that one transformer was knocked out without disrupting the wider electricity network. It said an examination of drone wreckage indicated Houthi involvement. A Houthi military source quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency called the allegation a “lie.”
The coalition also said it intercepted four Houthi-launched drones over Khamis Mushait and two ballistic missiles over Khamis Mushait and Jazan on Thursday.
Inside Yemen, forces aligned with the internationally recognized government reported intense clashes in Taiz province after what they described as a large-scale Houthi attack. The government forces said they killed at least 30 Houthi fighters on the al-Aqrud front and that airstrikes caused additional losses. The Houthis did not provide a corresponding account of those clashes in the reporting.
Separately, Reuters and several other outlets reported that Saudi Arabia is planning an assault on Houthis to break the Red Sea chokehold. Axios reported that the United States would not participate for now, while Ynetnews reported that the proposed operation could involve 100,000 troops. No launch date was reported.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: One sentence about the planned assault adds unsupported specifics beyond the source material and can be corrected to match the source titles. - "Saudi Arabia is planning an assault intended to dislodge Houthi forces from the Bab el-Mandeb area and ease pressure on Red Sea shipping.": The source titles say the assault is planned to retake Bab el-Mandeb or break the Red Sea chokehold, but do not support the specific phrasing that it is intended to dislodge Houthi forces from the Bab el-Mandeb area and ease pressure on Red Sea shipping.
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Saudi-led coalition blames Houthis for Medina power station attack as Yemen fighting intensifies
The Saudi-led coalition accused Yemen’s Houthi movement of attacking an electricity distribution station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, this week, while the Houthis denied involvement.
The coalition said the station supplies the Prophet’s Mosque and that one transformer was knocked out without disrupting the wider electricity network. It said an examination of drone wreckage indicated Houthi involvement. A Houthi military source quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency called the allegation a “lie.”
The coalition also said it intercepted four Houthi-launched drones over Khamis Mushait and two ballistic missiles over Khamis Mushait and Jazan on Thursday.
Inside Yemen, forces aligned with the internationally recognized government reported intense clashes in Taiz province after what they described as a large-scale Houthi attack. The government forces said they killed at least 30 Houthi fighters on the al-Aqrud front and that airstrikes caused additional losses. The Houthis did not provide a corresponding account of those clashes in the reporting.
Separately, Reuters and several other outlets reported that Saudi Arabia is planning an assault intendedon Houthis to dislodge Houthi forces frombreak the Bab el-Mandeb area and ease pressure on Red Sea shipping.chokehold. Axios reported that the United States would not participate for now, while Ynetnews reported that the proposed operation could involve 100,000 troops. No launch date was reported.
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