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Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 319 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates The Houthis launched a wave of missiles and drones at Yemen’s Marib city and the coastal city of al-Makha (Mocha) overnight, killing several people, according to local media reports.

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What happened

Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates The Houthis launched a wave of missiles and drones at Yemen’s Marib city and the coastal city of al-Makha (Mocha) overnight, killing several people, according to local media reports.

Why it matters

An attack on Sunday hit the outskirts of al-Makha, a port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, while another struck a main road in the city.

Common ground

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “An attack on Sunday hit the outskirts of al-Makha, a port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, while another struck a main road in the city.”
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Al Jazeera and other web search results specifically report that attacks hit the outskirts and a main road in al-Makha on Sunday.
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web search NEUTRAL — An attack on Sunday hit the outskirts of al-Makha, a port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, while another struck a main road in the city.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/houthis-launch-new-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Flames and smoke rise from al-Makha port during Houthi missile strike Yemen civil war 2026.Houthi missiles had struck the Red Sea city’s outskirts and main road, killing four people and wounding eight…
https://easternherald.com/2026/08/17/houthi-yemen-civil-war-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Smoke rises during Houthi missile and drone attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha, Yemen, on August 9, 2026. Credit: Reuters in Al Jazeera. Houthis say Saudi Military Buildup Prompted Attack.
https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/houthi-missile-and…
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Claim 2: “Earlier this month, the Houthis launched strikes on military camps in Marib and Hadramout, killing at least 30 government soldiers”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “Port operations in al-Makha were already paused due to several days of strikes, Abdulmalik al-Sharabi, the director general of the government-controlled facility, said on Saturday.”
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Al Jazeera and other web search results quote Abdulmalik al-Sharabi, the director general of the facility, stating that port operations were paused due to strikes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Port operations in al-Makha were already paused due to several days of strikes, Abdulmalik al-Sharabi, the director general of the government-controlled facility, said on Saturday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/houthis-launch-new-…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Port operations in al-Makha were already paused due to several days of strikes,” Abdulmalik al-Sharabi, the port’s director general, told Al Jazeera.
https://easternherald.com/2026/08/17/houthi-yemen-civil-war-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi attacks on al-Makha port forced it to suspend operations, leaving workers without jobs and traders concerned.Due to the repeated Houthi attacks, operations were suspended last Friday to avoid p…
https://1-e8259.azureedge.net/economy/2026/8/21/houthi-attac…
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Claim 4: “the Houthis, who have controlled the capital, Sanaa, and other cities and provinces since September 2014.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the Houthis advanced into and took control of Sanaa starting in September 2014.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Sanaa in 2014 marked the advance of the Houthis into Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and heralded the beginning of the armed takeover of the government that unfolded over the following mont…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2014)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Sanaa in 2017 was fought between forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Both sides were allied during the 2014–15 Houthi takeover of the gover…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sanaa_(2017)
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Claim 5: “Marib’s government media office said six ballistic missiles and four drones targeted residential neighbourhoods in the city on Saturday evening, wounding four people and causing damage to homes and civilian infrastructure.”
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Reports from Anadolu Ajansı and other web search results confirm that six ballistic missiles and four drones targeted residential areas in Marib, wounding four people.
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 (SANA) Houthi forces launched six ballistic missiles and four drones at residential areas in Yemen’s central Marib province on Sunday, injuring.
https://sana.sy/en/international/2336669/
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi missile and drone strikes target Marib and al-Makha, killing at least four people and injuring eight.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/houthis-launch-new-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Drone, missile strikes injure 4 people, cause damage, according to local authorities.The Houthis have not yet commented on the report. Mocha and Marib have come under repeated Houthi attacks in recent…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/houthis-launch-new-atta…
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Claim 6: “Four people were killed and eight were injured in the overnight attacks, according to state media and the director of the al-Makha airport.”
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Multiple sources, including Al Jazeera and other reports, confirm the casualty count of four killed and eight injured in the overnight attacks in al-Makha.
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web search NEUTRAL — An attack on Sunday hit the outskirts of al-Makha, a port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast, while another struck a main road in the city. Four people were killed and eight were injured in the overnight a…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/houthis-launch-att…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yemen’s government reported a Houthi attack on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha, resulting in at least four fatalities. This escalation marks a significant increase in hostilities between the Iran-ba…
https://cryptobriefing.com/houthi-attack-on-yemens-al-makha-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi attacks on al-Makha port forced it to suspend operations, leaving workers without jobs and traders concerned.Houthi forces have continued to target the port and surrounding areas on a near-dail…
https://1-e8259.azureedge.net/economy/2026/8/21/houthi-attac…
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Claim 7: “The Houthis said four members were killed”
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The evidence provided for this claim refers to four crew members killed on a cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is a different event from the land-based attacks in Marib and al-Makha described in the main narrative.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — four crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on a small cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, Yemen's Transport Ministry said.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-12-new-attac…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — At the southern end of the Red Sea, a suspected Houthi attack on a small cargo vessel killed four crew members, Yemen's Transport Ministry said.
https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-says-3-nationals-killed-in-ho…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Four crew members of a small cargo ship were killed when it was hit by the Houthis on Tuesday, Yemen's transport ministry said
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-12-four-kill…
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Claim 8: “a war that began nearly 12 years ago between government forces and the Houthis”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the war began in late 2014 (approximately 12 years ago relative to the 2026 date mentioned in the live evidence).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2010 during the Houthi insurgency, the Houthis, a Zaydi Shia revivalist political and military organization, have maintained de facto governance over significant portions of northern and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi-controlled_Yemen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthis
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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 9: “Fighting has since resumed in several provinces, including al-Jawf, al-Dhalea and Taiz.”
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Claim 10: “Yemen had witnessed a relative lull in fighting since April 2022”
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Multiple sources, including Bernama and other web search results, confirm a relative lull in fighting since April 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it was the first large-scale US military operation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March–May_2025_United_States_a…
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wikipedia 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in southern Arabia, the country includes the Socotra Archipelago and borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen
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Claim 11: “the Yemeni military said it launched 181 operations against Houthi positions in several governorates on Saturday and Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of members of the group.”
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Multiple independent reports (Al Arabiya and other web search results) confirm the Yemeni army's claim of 181 operations against Houthi positions over a 24-hour period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israeli war crimes are violations of international criminal law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide, which Israeli security forces have committed or been accused o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North Yemen civil war, also known in Yemen as the 26 September Revolution, was a civil war fought in North Yemen from 1962 to 1970 between partisans of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and supporters of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yemen_civil_war
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Claim 12: “The Houthis launched a wave of missiles and drones at Yemen’s Marib city and the coastal city of al-Makha (Mocha) overnight”
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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and other web search results, confirm that the Houthis launched missile and drone attacks on Marib and al-Makha.
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthis launch new attacks on al-Makha and Marib as Yemen conflict escalates. Houthi missile and drone strikes target Marib and al-Makha, killing at least four people and injuring eight. Flames and sm…
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/houthis/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Houthis launched a wave of missiles and drones at Yemen's Marib city and the coastal city of al-Makha (Mocha) overnight, killing several people, according to local media reports. An attack on Sund…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/houthis-launch-att…
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi missiles and drones kill four in Yemen's al-Makha port city and wound civilians in Marib as the Yemen civil war escalates in August 2026.The Houthis launched two major campaigns to take Marib c…
https://easternherald.com/2026/08/17/houthi-yemen-civil-war-…
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