The Yemeni military’s rapid Red Sea advances shattered Saudi-backed positions, exposed coalition weaknesses, and reshaped Yemen’s strategic balance, while giving Sana’a greater leverage over regional security, maritime chokepoints, and future negotiations.

Ansarullah has denounced Saudi Arabia as Yemen’s number one enemy, vowing to resist Riyadh’s efforts to tighten its grip on the country.

Saudi oil exports have slumped to a nine-year-low as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz ensued from the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, and Yemen’s reliatory blockade against the kingdom have crippled Riyadh's main source of income.

A senior Yemeni official says the country’s naval units are conducting a military exercise in the Red Sea waters in anticipation of a potential US-Israeli war of aggression on the Arab nation.

Yemeni armed forces have targeted Saudi oil tanker Azman off the coast of the key Red Sea oil port of Yanbu with a ballistic missile.

Yemeni forces have carried out two drone operations targeting Najran airport and Saudi Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region, spokesman for Yemen’s armed forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree says. 

The Yemeni armed forces have claimed responsibility for a large-scale retaliatory operation against a Saudi landing ship and several naval boats in the Red Sea.