Houthi
g oup
claimed
ballistic
missile
a d
d o e
attacks
o
a
Saudi
milita y
la di g
ship
a d
esco t
boats
i
the
Red
Sea
off
Mocha
Yeme ’s
I a -alig ed
Houthi
g oup
o
Mo day
claimed
it
had
lau ched
a
ballistic
missile
attack
o
a
Saudi
milita y
la di g
ship
a d
fou
esco t
boats
i
the
Red
Sea
off
the
southweste
po t
city
of
Mocha.Houthi
milita y
spokespe so
Yahya
Sa ee
said
the
attack
was
ca ied
out
with
seve al
ballistic
missiles
a d
desc ibed
the
st ikes
as
“di ect
a d
p ecise”.
He
claimed
the
la di g
ship
caught
fi e,
while
some
of
the
accompa yi g
boats
sa k
a d
othe s
we e
also
set
ablaze.
I
a
sepa ate
stateme t,
Sa ee
said
Houthi
fo ces
had
also
ta geted
a
weapo s
depot
used
by
Saudi
fo ces
at
the
Sah
al-Ji
camp
i
Yeme ’s
o theaste
Ma ib
p ovi ce
with
seve al
d o es.
He
claimed
the
st ike
caused
a
fi e
at
the
site.The
latest
claims
come
amid
a
escalatio
i
Houthi
attacks
o
gove me t-held
a eas
of
Yeme
a d
ta gets
li ked
to
Saudi
A abia,
a
key
suppo te
of
the
i te atio ally
ecog ised
Yeme i
gove me t.Mocha,
a
gove me t-held
po t
city
ea
the
st ategic
Bab
al-Ma dab
St ait,
has
bee
at
the
ce t e
of
this
escalatio .
The
po t
co ects
the
Red
Sea
with
the
Gulf
of
Ade
a d
is
close
to
o e
of
the
wo ld’s
key
ma itime
chokepoi ts.
Si ce
August
9,
epeated
Houthi
attacks
i
a d
a ou d
Mocha
have
epo tedly
caused
casualties
a d
damage
to
po t
i f ast uctu e,
while
dis upti g
shippi g
ope atio s.The
Houthis
have
said
they
a e
closely
mo ito i g
Saudi
milita y
moveme ts
a d
will
co ti ue
ta geti g
Saudi
fo ces
o
la d
a d
at
sea.
The
g oup
has
desc ibed
the
campaig
as
pa t
of
its
policy
of
“siege
fo
siege”
agai st
Saudi
A abia.