Saudi advance on Hodaidah


 * ''See also Saudi Arabia attacks Yemen

The Saudi and Emirati led coalition has been advancing along the western Yemeni coast aiming to capture the port city of Hodeidah.

Sources to follow

 * Al Hudaydah governate offensive Wikipedia page
 * Battle of Hudaydah Wikipedia Page
 * Yemen Press Agency
 * SABA (Yemen News Agency)
 * Yemen Extra
 * Almasirah.net
 * Alahed News (Yemen)
 * Yemeni Resistence Watch
 * Living In Yemen On The Edge (Facebook Page)
 * https://yemen.liveuamap.com/
 * SouthFront (Yemen)
 * Middle East Eye (Yemen War)
 * Yemen Observer Twitter account
 * Mohamad Shami Facebook
 * Ahmed Abdulkareem for Mint Press
 * Press TV (Yemen)
 * AhlulBayt News Agency (Middle East)
 * Al Masdar News(Yemen)
 * Geopolitics Alert (Yemen)

Plans for control of Hodeidah

 * Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah: A child’s worst nightmare Middle east Monitor October 22, 2016
 * The fact that it is situated on the Red Sea, adjacent to Eritrea, gives the port very high geostrategic value. Its waterway also leads directly northwards towards the Saudi border, which is just over 200km away... Having a direct Houthi presence in Al-Hudaydah – especially when at that time the port was the second largest port in Yemen – was a great cause of concern for the Saudis.


 * SAUD-LED COALITION PLANS TO LAUNCH LARGE-SCALE ADVANCE ON YEMENI PORT CITY OF HUDAYDAH SouthFront, March 14, 2017
 * Yemen government agrees to UN Hudaida plan, Houthis sceptical MEE June 17, 2017
 * Hodeidah: The strategic port at the center of Yemen’s war The Defense Post April 4, 2018

Imminent Crisis, Talks on UN Plan

 * Pro-Saudi Forces Announce Start of Offensive Against Last Yemeni Rebel Port Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com May 14, 2018
 * Saudi-Backed Militants Plan Siege of Hudaydah Despite Intl. Warnings Iman News May 31, 2018
 * Yemeni Gov't Rejects Rumors of Accepting UN Plan on Hudaydah Port Fars News Agency June 3, 2018
 * Are Yemeni Forces and the Saudi-UAE Coalition Ready to Protect Civilians in Port Assault? Sahr Muhammedally, Just Security June 4, 2018
 * UN ENVOY FOR YEMEN LEAVES SANA'A DETERMINED TO ADVANCE THE PEACE PROCESS OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR YEMEN June 5, 2018
 * Yemen peace plan sees ceasefire, Houthis abandoning missiles Reuters June 6, 2018
 * UN Plan Proposes Houthis Give Up Missiles, End to Saudi Airstrikes - Reports Sputnik June 7, 2018
 * Battle for Yemen’s Hodeidah will cause major damage to critical infrastructure if ‘eleventh hour’ UN mediation fails ''Jane's Intelligence Weekly, June 8, 2018
 * U.S. Dubious About U.A.E. Appeal for Military Help in Port Fight Dion Nissenbaum Wall Street Journal June 8, 2018
 * U.N. Pushes to Avert ‘Catastrophic’ U.A.E. Attack on Yemen Port Dion Nissenbaum, Wall Street Journal June 10, 2018
 * Aid groups in Yemen warned attack could endanger all supplies The Guardian June 10, 2018
 * U.N. Pulls Out of City in Yemen, Fearing Bloody Assault by Arab Coalition New York Times June 11, 2018
 * Heavy fighting on Yemen’s west coast kills hundreds Associated Press June 11, 2018
 * UN seeks urgent ceasefire to stop UAE assault on Yemeni port The Guardian June 11, 2018
 * Britain urges UAE not to press ahead with attack on Yemen's 'lifeline' port The Telegraph June 11, 2018
 * UN in 'intense negotiations' to avert attack on Hudaida Al Jazeera June 12, 2018
 * Yemeni president to meet UAE officials as Hodeidah offensive looms The National, June 12, 2018
 * Preparations in full swing for Hodeidah liberation battle Emirates News Agency June 13, 2018
 * Ansarullah Reveals Britain’s Implicit Admission in Participation in Attack on Hudaydah Fars News Agency June 14, 2018
 * UN rushes to deliver aid as key Yemeni port city is ‘shelled and bombarded’ UN News June 14, 2018
 * UN rejects plan to demand immediate ceasefire in Yemen port The Guardian June 15, 2018
 * UN in advanced talks to take over besieged Yemen port Patrick Wintour The Guardian June 17, 2018
 * Houthi commanders split over whether to accept UN offer to leave Hodeidah islam Seif Al Arabiya June 17, 2018
 * Yemeni president meets UN special envoy 'Martin Griffith' AhlulBayt News June 19, 2018
 * UN envoy departs Yemen after failed talks with Houthi leaders Middle East Monitor June 19, 2018
 * UAE: We will continue assault on Yemen until ‘unconditional withdrawal’ of Houthis Middle East Monitor June 19, 2018
 * Ansarullah Leader: We welcomed UN supervision of Hodeidah port, but they are liars Saba Net June 20, 2018
 * Experts Say Emirati Plan to Supply Aid to Hodeidah Is Inadequate J. Dana Stuster Lawfare Blog, June 21, 2018

Reports on fighting on the west coast (since Dec 2017)

 * Yemen forces capture military camp in Hodeida province Gulf News December 8, 2017
 * The current military operations on the Red Sea are part of a major offensive that started earlier this year and aimed at denying Al Houthis access to the Red Sea, stem the flow of the Iranian arms to the rebels and secure the strategic Bab Al Mandab Strait.The final stage of this offensive will see the liberation of Hodeida city, the last major coastal urban area under Al Houthi control.


 * SAUDI-LED COALITION DEVELOPS ITS ADVANCE TOWARDS YEMEN’S AL-HUDAYDAH PORT SouthFront December 8, 2017
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION RESUMES ITS ADVANCE ON YEMEN’S WESTERN COAST SouthFront January 3, 2018
 * UAE-backed forces keep advancing along Yemeni coast – map Al Masdar News January 26, 2018
 * Houthis suffer major losses in Yemen's Hodeidah The National February 20, 2018
 * Yemen's Houthis order arrest of 50 deserters along Red Sea coast: military sources The National March 3, 2018
 * Facing tough fight in mountains, Saudi-led alliance focuses on Yemen's coast Reuters April 9, 2018
 * UAE-backed group continues to advance along Yemeni coast after Houthi setbacksAl-Masdar News May 5, 2018
 * Yemen: Fierce new offensive displaces tens of thousands of civilians from Hodeidah Amnesty International May 17, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION RESUMES ITS ADVANCE ALONG WESTERN YEMENI COAST SouthFront May 19, 2018
 * Muza: Yemeni National Resistance Forces advance on Red Sea coast May 22, 2018
 * Yemeni forces advance to within 20km of Houthi-held Hodeidah Al-Jazeera 29 May, 2018
 * YEMEN SITUATION REPORT Critical Threats May 30, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES POSITIONS 15KM SOUTH OF AL-HUDAYDAH PORT (MAP, VIDEOS +18) SouthFront May 31, 2018
 * MAP UPDATE: SAUDI-LED FORCES FAIL TO REACH HUDAYDAH AFTER THEIR ATTACK REPELLED BY HOUTHIS SouthFront June 3, 2018
 * HOUTHIS REPEL ATTACK OF SAUDI-LED COALITION IN NORTHERN YEMEN AND DESTROY SEVERAL VEHICLES (VIDEO) SouthFront June 3, 2018
 * Ansarullah Chief: Israeli Fighters Fly over Hudaydah amid Saudi Push to Seize City Fars News Agency 03, June, 2018
 * Хуситы наносят ответный удар Colonel Cassad June 5, 2018
 * SAUDI-BACKED RED SEA COAST OFFENSIVE SLOWS DOWN AS HOUTHIS CUT OFF SUPPLY LINES OF SAUDI-LED FORCES SouthFront 6 June, 2018
 * Битва за Ходейду. 08.06.2018 Colonel Cassad June 8, 2018
 * HOUTHIS RECAPTURE KEY AREA ALONG WESTERN YEMEN COAST (MAP, VIDEO+18) SouthFront June 9, 2018
 * Yemen's defence ministry says 250 Houthi rebels killed in Hodeidah battles Xinhua June 11, 2018
 * Dozens of Saudi mercenaries killed as Yemeni forces hit bases in Ta’izz, Hudaydah The Shia Post June 11, 2018
 * Yemen’s army advances towards Hodeidah Arab News, June 12, 2018
 * Ansarollah Forces Kill Scores of Saudi-Backed Troops after Launching Major Counter-Attack in Western Yemen Fars June 13, 2018
 * Houthi forces score direct missile strike on gathering of Gulf-backed troops in Hodeideh Al Masdar News June 15, 2018
 * HOUTHIS TARGET SAUDI-LED COALITION FORCES IN WESTERN YEMEN WITH TOCHKA MISSILE SouthFront June 15, 2018
 * HOUTHIS’ DRONES BOMB SAUDI-LED COALITION TROOPS AMID CLASHES SOUTH OF YEMEN’S HUDAYDAH SouthFront June 16, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES AL-FAZA AND REOPENS ITS SUPPLY LINE ALONG WESTERN YEMENI COAST SouthFront June 28, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK ALONG WESTERN YEMENI COAST, HOUTHIS DESTROY SEVERAL VEHICLES (VIDEO) SouthFront June 28, 2018
 * Yemeni army pound Saudi-led coalition militants by ballistic missile in Al-Hudaydah AhlulBayt July 1, 2018

'Golden Victory' offensive - launched June 13th

 * Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war with attack on main port Reuters June 13, 2018
 * Saudi-Led Coalition-Backed Troops Launch Operation on Yemen's Hodeidah - Reports Sputnik June 13, 2018
 * Saudi-led coalition launches attack on Yemen’s ‘humanitarian lifeline’ of Hodeidah RT June 13, 2018
 * Yemen: Saudi-Led Coalition Starts Assault on Al-Hudaydah, Revolutionaries Target Warships Alahed News June 13, 2018
 * Naval Forces Targets Naval Battleships of US-Saudi Aggression in West Coast Almasirah June 13, 2018
 * Army Spokesman: Navy Strike Shows Deterrence Force Only in Its Beginning Almasirah June 13, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION LAUNCHES ANOTHER OP TO CAPTURE YEMEN’S HUDAYDAH FROM HOUTHIS SouthFront June 13, 2018
 * 'Golden Victory' Operation Launched to Liberate Hodeidah Asharq Al Awsat June 13, 2018
 * Full report from strategic battle in west Yemen Al Masdar news June 13, 2018
 * Clashes kill 39 combatants outside Yemen's Hodeida: Medics Ahram.org June 14, 2018
 * Штурм Ходейды. 14.06.2018 Colonel Cassad
 * BATTLE FOR YEMEN’S AL-HUDAYDAH ON JUNE 13-14, 2018 (MAPS, VIDEOS) SouthFront June 14, 2018
 * YEMENI WAR REPORT – JUNE 14, 2018: BATTLE FOR HUDAYDAH SouthFront June 14, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES NEW POSITIONS SOUTH OF AL-HUDAYDAH AIRPORT (MAP, VIDEO) SouthFront June 14, 2018
 * Breaking: Gulf-backed troops begin assault on strategic Hodeideh Airport in west Yemen Al Masdar News June 15, 2018
 * BATTLE FOR YEMEN’S AL-HUDAYDAH ON JUNE 15, 2018 (MAPS) SouthFront June 15, 2018
 * Saudi-led alliance pounds Hudaydah during Eid prayer PressTV June 15, 2018
 * Houthis say Saudi-led forces bogged down outside Hudaydah June 17, 2018
 * French officers, soldiers captured in western coast Yemen Press Agency June 17, 2018
 * Graphic photos: Saudi-led coalition hits a civilian vehicle, results in deaths and injuries Yemen Extra June 19, 2018
 * BATTLE FOR YEMEN’S AL-HUDAYDAH ON JUNE 20, 2018 (MAPS, VIDEOS) SouthFront June 20, 2018
 * Leaked document reveals French fatalities, massive numbers of coalition’s troops killed in western coast Yemen Press Agency June 21, 2018
 * HOUTHIS CLASH WITH SAUDI-LED COALITION ALONG WESTERN YEMENI COAST, DESTROY SEVERAL VEHICLES (VIDEOS+18) SouthFront June 23, 2018
 * BATTLE FOR YEMEN’S AL-HUDAYDAH ON JUNE 25, 2018 (MAPS, VIDEO) SouthFront June 25, 2018

Airport contested

 * Saudi-led coalition poised to take airport of Yemen's main port city Reuters June 15, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES ENTRANCE TO AL-HUDAYDAH AIRPORT SouthFront June 15, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES AL-HUDAYDAH AIRPORT, REPELS HOUTHIS ATTACK IN AL-TUHAYAT (PHOTOS, MAP) SouthFront June 16, 2018
 * Yemeni Source Denies Arrival of US-Saudi Aggression Nearby Hodeidah Airport Almasirah June 16, 2018
 * Misleading media of the US-Saudi-Emirati falsely claim they have controlled #Hodeida civil and military airports. This is a recorded video TODAY from both airports. What the aggressors media have indeed controlled are the MINDS of those who chose to believe it! Mohamad Shami Facebook June 16, 2018
 * #Saudi_UAE media claimed the ocuupation of Al Hudaydah airport after their recent aggression. Here it is the airport and the Yemeni fighter exposes UAE lies, shows the airport is under Yemenis' control. Stop the War on Yemen Facebook, June 17, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION CAPTURES LARGE AREAS OF AL-HUDAYDAH AIRPORT (VIDEO) SouthFront June 20, 2018
 * Yemen Army Retakes Hodeidah Airport Yemen Press Agency June 20, 2018
 * SAUDI-LED COALITION ADVANCES NORTHEAST OF AL-HUDAYDAH AIRPORT (MAP) SouthFront June 17, 2018
 * 40 Saudi-led air strikes target Hodeidah; 6 Yemeni civilians martyred / Video Graphic Ahlul Bayt June 20, 2018
 * Ansarullah Revolutionaries Still Controlling Al-Hudaydah Airport Alahed News, June 21, 2018

Saudis defeated?

 * Yemeni Army spokesman: Battle for Hodeidah is won, Saudi coalition forces should surrender - Yemeni Resistance Watch, June 24, 2018
 * Sayyed Nasrallah Yemen’s West Coast Battle, Miracle - Almasirah Media Network, June 30, 2018
 * UAE suspends offensive against Yemen's Hudaydah PressTV July 1, 2018

Missile and drone counter strikes

 * HOUTHIS USE NEW ARMED DRONE TO TARGET RIYADH REFINERY SouthFront July 18, 2018
 * Yemeni Air Force Launches Several Raids on Abu Dhabi International Airport Al Masirah July 26, 2018
 * Official sources talk about the disruption of air traffic from and to Abu Dhabi Airport after it was bombed by a Yemeni drone YPA July 26, 2018
 * YEMEN’S HOUTHIS STRIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF ABU DHABI WITH NEW ARMED DRONE SouthFront July 26,2018

August 2018

 * Houthi forces retake several areas in western Yemen after launching big counter-attack - AMN, August 23, 2018

4th attempt, September 2018

 * Hodeida. 12/09/2018. Attempt #4 - Colonel Cassad, September 12, 2018
 * ''Having failed in attempts to take Hodeida by a head-on impact, the interventionists changed the record and now conduct operations to the southeast of the city, confining themselves to the bombing of Hodeida and its surroundings, coast in view of the large losses and scanty results.
 * Hodeida. 09/14/2018. Battles for kilo 16 - Colonel Cassad, September 14, 2018
 * ''By the end of September 14, the hussites were able to basically dislodge the hadiths and emirates from the Sana-Hodeida route. The enemy suffered heavy losses in people and technology. The commanding officer was severely wounded and taken to Abu Dhabi for treatment.

Analysis

 * THE $1.5 BILLION CAMPAIGN TO WHITEWASH GENOCIDE IN YEMEN Dan Glazebrook, March 2, 2018
 * 'Short of engaging in combat': UK has Al Saud's back in Yemen war Dan Glazebrook, March 9, 2018
 * Yemen’s Hodeida braces for blitzkrieg as Tareq Saleh seeks prominence Middle East Eye May 31, 2018
 * US mulling direct military assistance to help seize key Yemen port: report - The Hill, June 3, 2018
 * The Trump administration is considering getting more involved in Yemen — and aid groups say it could be disastrous Daniel Brown, Business Insider June 4, 2018
 * More Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen’s Infrastructure Heighten Humanitarian Crisis Ahmed Abdulkareem Mint Press News June 4, 2018
 * Yemen - The Attack On Hodeidah Is A Prelude To Genocide - Moon of Alabama, June 6, 2018
 * UAE SAYS IT CAN’T CONTROL YEMENI FORCES — EVEN AS IT HANDS THEM BAGS OF CASH Iona Craig, The Intercept June 8, 2018
 * Yemen - U.S. Grants Approval For Genocide - Moon of Alabama, June 11, 2018
 * UN pulls staff from Yemen’s Hodeidah ahead of expected imminent assault TheDefensePost June 11, 2018
 * Attack on Humanitarian Aid Hub in Yemen Appears Imminent J. Dana Stuster Lawfare blog, June 12, 2018
 * Hodeidah in Yemen: A Powder Keg for Imperial Powers Nobody’s Talking About Randi Nord,Geopolitics Alert, June 12, 2018
 * ‘Catastrophe’ for Already-Starving Yemen if Saudi, UAE Coalition Takes Key Port Marwa Osman, Sputnik June 13, 2018
 * Yemen: will the battle for Hodeidah bring a solution or disaster? Brian Whitaker Al-Bab.com June 13, 2018
 * Yemen - The Starvation Siege Has Begun Moon of Alabama June 13, 2018
 * The Saudi-UAE Alliance is the Most Dangerous Force in the Middle East Today Doug Bandow AmericanConservative June 13, 2018
 * Britain is complicit in Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen Andrew Mitchell, The Guardian June 13, 2018
 * US to Deepen Military Role in Yemen War, Joining Hodeidah Attack Jason Ditz Antiwar.com June 13, 2018
 * US Intelligence Denies UAE Request to Support New Offensive in Yemen - Report
 * The Assault on Hodeidah Will Cause Mass Starvation in Yemen Daniel Larison American Conservative June 14, 2018
 * Hodeidah Bombardment Reveals UAE’s US-Backed Rise in Regional Power Whitney Webb Mint Press News June 14, 2018
 * THE U.S. IS EXACERBATING THE WORLD’S WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS BY OUTSOURCING ITS YEMEN POLICY Alex Emmons The Intercept June 16, 2018
 * Credibility of “Reuters” at stake for posting two rumors over controlling Hodeidah airport by coalition forces Yemen Press Agency June 17, 2018
 * The Guardian view on Yemen: our complicity lies bare The Guardian June 17, 2018
 * Western Media Whitewash Yemen Genocide Finian Cunningham, June 18, 2018
 * The UAE In Yemen: With A Lot Of Help From Its Mercs David Isenberg, LobeLog June 19, 2018
 * Why Hudaydah, Is the Overwhelming Question of War on Yemen SONDOSS AL ASAAD, American Herald Tribune June 20, 2018
 * Hodeidah is a Graveyard For Foreign Invaders Marwa Osman Syriana Analysis June 21, 2018
 * West and its Arab stooges are terrified of a genuinely independent Yemen Dan Glazebrook, YemenExtra June 26, 2018