00:00Yemeni government forces were fighting the Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
00:05and its surroundings, a vital maritime route for commercial traffic.
00:11According to The Associated Press, in an exclusive report by Sky News broadcast on Sunday,
00:16The images showed armed Yemeni government forces near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
00:23According to Sky News correspondents, Houthi fighters were also in the area.
00:30What is happening now is different from our previous wars against the Houthis,
00:35Tafik al-Jabun, commander of the National Security Forces of L'Arj, stated
00:41He added that the conflict is much more advanced.
00:44They have superior weaponry, such as drones, Cornet missiles, and long-range ballistic missiles.
00:51All these weapons are only now being used.
00:54"We hadn't seen this before," al-Jabun added.
00:57The internationally recognized government of Yemen claims to have launched a major military operation
01:05against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
01:08The new escalation of violence in Yemen has caused hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of displaced people.
01:15Last month, the Houthis seized the strategic city of Moka and several islands in the Red Sea,
01:21This extended their reach to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key maritime route.
01:27It was the Houthis' biggest territorial gain in years, and it ended the 2022 ceasefire.
01:34which had largely halted the major fighting in the Yemeni civil war,
01:39which has already lasted 12 years.
01:41In recent days, the Houthis have launched a major offensive against government forces.
01:47and their allies on the outskirts of Thais, which has disrupted a vital road
01:52which connects the city with the port of Aden, the seat of Al-Alini's government.
01:57The rebels have been besieging Thais for more than a decade.
