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Houthi strikes in Yemen as Saudi Arabia braces for attacks: What we know

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 2407 words · By Priyanka Shankar
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Houthi strikes in Yemen as Saudi Arabia braces for attacks: What we know Tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have increased since the US-Israel war on Iran began.

Claims checked 23
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Topics 3

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What happened

Houthi strikes in Yemen as Saudi Arabia braces for attacks: What we know Tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia have increased since the US-Israel war on Iran began.

Why it matters

Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched at least 12 fresh missile attacks on the Yemeni provinces of Hadramout and Marib on Friday, following drone and ballistic missiles launched at Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government military sites, killing at…

Common ground

Separately, a senior Saudi official told journalists that a Houthi attack on southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday had wounded 11 civilians, including a young child.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 23 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Houthis also claimed responsibility for an attack on Najran airport in Saudi Arabia”
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Claim 2: “Iran also reportedly asked the Houthis to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the US struck Iranian power infrastructure”
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Claim 3: “The Homeland Shield Forces were formed in 2022 with Saudi backing”
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Al Jazeera and other reports confirm the Homeland Shield Forces were formed in 2022 with Saudi backing to guard borders and frontiers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The STC was supported by the United Arab Emirates, despite the UAE being a member of the Saudi Arabian-led coalition working to support the Yemeni government.[2]. In 2022, the STC became part of the n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Transitional_Council_…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Homeland Shield Forces were formed in 2022 with Saudi backing and number tens of thousands of troops. They guard the Marib-Hadramout frontier and the Saudi border. The formation also fought separa…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/houthi-strikes-hit-y…
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web search NEUTRAL — Al-Alimi also directed Homeland Shield to take control of sites held by STC separatists in southern Yemen. He ordered the STC to hand over the territory to Yemeni forces, calling the separatists' adva…
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/559714.aspx
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Claim 4: “The Emergency Forces, created by presidential decree in late 2025 under Saudi-led coalition supervision”
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The claim regarding the 'Emergency Forces' created by decree in late 2025 is only supported by a single cross-reference from Al Jazeera. No other independent sources were found to corroborate this specific detail.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Emergency Forces, created by presidential decree in late 2025 under Saudi-led coalition supervision, secure the land borders and anti-Houthi fronts in al-Jawf and Hadramout.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/houthis-claim-to-hav…
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Claim 5: “the Houthis currently remain in control of the capital and other parts of Yemen”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and other web reports, confirm that the Houthis currently control the capital, Sanaa, and other parts of Yemen.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Houthis control Sanaa and the north-west of Yemen, including the Red Sea coastline. Most of Yemen's population lives in these areas, and the Houthis run a de facto government which collects taxes …
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911
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web search NEUTRAL — The Yemeni army and air force was used to suppress the rebellion in the far north of Yemen, especially in Saada province. The Saudis joined with Saleh in these campaigns. The Houthis won against both …
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/who-are-the-houthis-and-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi insurgents currently control the capital Sanaa and all of former North Yemen except for eastern Marib Governorate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present…
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Claim 6: “Brent crude rose to $83.34 a barrel by 06:34 GMT after settling by more than $3 on $82.49 a barrel on Thursday”
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Claim 7: “Since the Yemen war broke out in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed”
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Wikipedia confirms the Houthi takeover of Yemen began in 2014 with the seizure of Sanaa. While the specific 'hundreds of thousands' figure is a common estimate for the total death toll of the conflict, the core factual premise of the war's start is verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 5 May 2025, Israel launched a series of airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen, in response to a Houthi ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport the day before. Among the targets was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Israeli_attacks_in_Yemen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known by the Houthis as the September 21 Revolution, or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_takeover_of_Yemen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Between 12 January 2024 and 6 May 2025 the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, launched a series of cruise mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US–UK_airstrikes_on_Yemen
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Claim 8: “the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran at the end of February”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran. This is further corroborated by cross-references from France24 and The Hindu.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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Claim 9: “In 2023, following Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Houthis also disrupted global shipping by attacking Israeli-linked ships transiting the Bab al-Mandeb Strait”
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Claim 10: “the US-Israel war on Iran began with strikes on Tehran on February 28”
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Claim 11: “a Houthi attack on southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday had wounded 11 civilians, including a young child”
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Three independent web sources (including The National and BGNES) confirm that a Houthi attack on southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday wounded 11 civilians, specifically mentioning a 4-year-old child.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Yemeni civil war, which began in September 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_civil_w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present…
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Claim 12: “On July 29, joint strikes by Saudi Arabia and the US targeted PMF headquarters in Iraq, killing more than 20 people and wounding at least 30 others”
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Claim 13: “Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a new international alliance to guard the Red Sea... 13 countries had agreed”
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Claim 14: “Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched at least 12 fresh missile attacks on the Yemeni provinces of Hadramout and Marib on Friday”
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Multiple independent sources, including Flipboard, LoudFact, and a YouTube news report, confirm that Houthi forces launched at least 12 missile attacks on Hadramout and Marib on Friday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population, a feature recognized by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Yemen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States airstrikes in Yemen started after the September 11 attacks in the United States, when the US military attacked the Islamist militant presence in Yemen, in particular Al-Qaeda in the Arab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intervention_in_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present…
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Claim 15: “drone and ballistic missiles launched at Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government military sites, killing at least 30 soldiers in the country, on Thursday”
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Multiple web sources report that Houthi drone and missile attacks on Thursday killed at least 30 soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government forces.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Yemeni civil war, which began in September 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Yemeni_civil_w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yemeni civil war (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اليمنية, romanized: al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yemeni peace process refers to proposals and negotiations seeking to address the Yemeni crisis by arranging a transfer of power within the country, and later attempts to arrange a cease-fire in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_peace_process
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Claim 16: “On July 13, hostilities escalated when Yemen’s government attacked Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing”
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Claim 17: “Yemen’s State TV reported that the government’s air defences had downed a number of drones launched by the Houthis above Marib”
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Claim 18: “On July 20, the Houthis imposed a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil shipments diverted to the Red Sea and also attacked Saudi state oil giant Aramco in the coastal cities of Jizan and Yanbu”
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Claim 19: “at least 30 government soldiers were killed and 15 others injured when Houthis fired eight missiles from al-Jawf governorate, north of Marib, targeting al-Thiniya and al-Abr in Hadramout and al-Rouk in Marib on Thursday”
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Al Jazeera and other news reports confirm the specific details: 30 killed, 15 injured, eight missiles fired from al-Jawf targeting al-Thiniya, al-Abr, and al-Rouk.
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web search NEUTRAL — Yemen’s Houthi group has killed at least 30 government soldiers and injured 15 others in missile attacks on Yemeni military camps in the governorates of Hadramout and Marib, government sources told Al…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/houthis-claim-to-hav…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 30 Yemeni government soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in missile and drone attacks on military camps in the Hadramout and Marib governorates, government sources said, a Qazinform News Agen…
https://qazinform.com/news/yemeni-government-reports-30-sold…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yemeni military sources said that the Houthis fired eight missiles from al-Jawf governorate, north of Marib, targeting al-Thiniya and al-Abr in Hadramout and al-Rouk in Marib.
https://www.wionews.com/world/at-least-30-yemeni-government-…
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Claim 20: “the group had targeted the Saudi oil tanker, NCC Ghazal with ballistic missiles”
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Claim 21: “Saudi Arabia led an Arab coalition in a campaign to dislodge the Houthis from 2015 until a 2022 truce”
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Multiple web sources confirm Saudi Arabia led an Arab coalition against the Houthis starting in March 2015 and continuing until a truce in 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia opposed the 2014-2015 Houthi ouster of the Republic of Yemen government (ROYG), and, since March 2015, the kingdom has led a military coalition of mostly Arab states in efforts to reverse…
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10822/18
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web search NEUTRAL — On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, staged a military intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia led an Arab coalition campaign against the Houthis from 2015 until the truce in 2022. As of 2026, the Houthis remain in control of Sanaa and other parts of Yemen.
https://www.marineinsight.com/houthis-seek-to-copy-irans-hor…
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Claim 22: “Approximately 30 percent of global container traffic passes through the Red Sea, as well as 12 to 15 percent of overall global trade”
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Claim 23: “the Houthis had attacked Saudi Arabia’s southern Najran province, injuring seven Saudis, one Yemeni, two Egyptians and one Pakistani national”
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