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Saudi Arabia Airstrikes Yemen in Retaliation Against Houthis; Red Sea Strategic Chokepoint Returns to War After Four-Year Ceasefire Collapses

According to France 24, the Houthis said Saudi Arabia carried out retaliatory airstrikes against their targets on Tuesday, in response to Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities that injured dozens. The conflict escalated after a four-year ceasefire between the two sides collapsed in July, with the Houthis pushing toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea and deadly fighting within Yemen reigniting.

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According to France 24, the Houthis said Saudi Arabia launched retaliatory airstrikes on Tuesday against targets within Yemen. Previously, Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities had injured dozens.

France 24 reported that the four-year ceasefire between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government collapsed in July this year, and a rapid new round of escalations of strikes and counterstrikes followed. The Houthis simultaneously launched an offensive toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea—a strategic chokepoint guarding global shipping lanes—drawing it back into war, and deadly fighting within Yemen reignited as a result.

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