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Yemen’s Houthis launch ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 516 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Yemen’s Houthis launch ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib The latest attacks come just a day after Houthi forces targeted al-Makha (Mocha) and its port, killing seven people.

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What happened

Yemen’s Houthis launch ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib The latest attacks come just a day after Houthi forces targeted al-Makha (Mocha) and its port, killing seven people.

Why it matters

The armed forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government have accused the Houthis of launching another round of ballistic missile attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha and on residential areas in the central city of Marib.

Common ground

Yemeni forces did not state whether the attacks on Monday caused any casualties.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Causal Oversimplification: 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 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It has also reinforced Yemeni troops along the front lines in Yemen to launch a ground offensive on Houthis, the Associated Press news agency reported, citing Yemeni officials.”
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Claim 2: “Houthi missiles killed at least seven people and wounded 30 others in al-Makha, which is also known as Mocha.”
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Multiple independent sources (including reports citing the Associated Press) confirm that at least seven people were killed and 30 wounded in al-Makha (Mocha).
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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 Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces in the Arabian Peninsula, including the southern Saudi prov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi–Saudi_Arabian_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Red Sea crisis is an ongoing armed conflict and maritime crisis instigated by the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen. The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis
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Claim 3: “Houthi forces targeted al-Makha (Mocha) and its port, killing seven people.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Houthi missile and drone attacks on al-Makha killed seven people.
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web search NEUTRAL — The latest Houthi attacks come less than 24 hours after an earlier barrage struck al-Makha and its commercial port.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/10/houthis-renew-missi…
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web search NEUTRAL — SANAA, Aug 10: At least seven people were killed and 30 others wounded after Iran-aligned Houthi forces launched a missile and drone attack on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of al-Makha, a government milit…
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/seven-killed-30-wounded…
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web search NEUTRAL — Houthi missiles and drones have been launched during a fresh attack on Al-Makha, Yemen's Red Sea port city. The latest barrage killed seven people and wounded 30, according to Yemen's armed forces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXtCbmryUl8
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Claim 4: “the conflict, which has been reignited by the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Hindu, Al Jazeera) report that the US and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28. Per instructions, this live evidence overrides internal training data.
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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 — 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 — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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Claim 5: “The Iran-backed Houthis captured Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the Houthi capture of Sanaa in September 2014.
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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 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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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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Claim 6: “a Houthi drone strike killed two Yemeni government soldiers and wounded seven others in the south-central province of Shabwa”
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Both Al Jazeera and other news reports confirm a Houthi drone strike in Shabwa province killed two government soldiers and wounded seven others.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government, the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen. It was formerly a part of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_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 — 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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Claim 7: “The Saudi-led coalition in turn has struck Houthi-controlled Hodeidah and Kamaran, Yemen’s largest island in the Red Sea.”
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Claim 8: “the Houthis attacked the Abha airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia”
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Claim 9: “The armed forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government have accused the Houthis of launching another round of ballistic missile attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha and on residential areas in the central city of Marib.”
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Multiple news sources report that the internationally recognized government of Yemen accused the Houthis of ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marib (Arabic: مَأْرِب, romanized: Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 Mryb/Mrb) is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَبَأ), wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marib
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 4 September 2015, the Houthis launched an OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missile against a military base in Safer, an area in Marib Governorate. The base was being used by military forces of the Saudi-led…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Marib_attack
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Marib was a battle that began in February 2021 following the advance of the Houthis towards the city of Marib, the capital of Marib Governorate in Yemen controlled by the Cabinet of Yeme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marib_(2021–2022)
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Claim 10: “the violence reignited on July 13 with a Saudi air strike on the runway of Sanaa airport, preventing the landing of an Iranian flight carrying a high-ranking Houthi delegation.”
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Claim 11: “a Saudi-led coalition intervening in March 2015 on the side of the government.”
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Wikipedia and other authoritative sources confirm the Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015 to support the government.
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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 — The Saudi-led coalition is the Arab military alliance that launched intervention in Yemen in 2015 to support President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi's government after Houthi forces took control of key areas,…
https://fiveable.me/history-middle-east-since-1800/key-terms…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 to support the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after Houthi rebels forced him into exile and seized much of the countr…
http://big5.news.cn/gate/big5/www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019…
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Claim 12: “UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned on Friday. “Yemen today faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict than at any point since the UN-brokered truce of April 2022,””
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Claim 13: “The strikes caused extensive damage at the city’s port area.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the strikes caused extensive damage to the city's port area.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Houthi movement (formally known as Ansar Allahor Partisans of God) is a predominantly Zaydi Shia revivalist political and insurgent movement formed in the northern Yemeni governorate of Saada unde…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthis
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web search NEUTRAL — 2.4.1Persecution of the Yemenite Jewish community. 2.4.2Persecution of the Baháʼí community. 3Membership and ranks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthis
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web search NEUTRAL — Since January 2010 during the Houthi insurgency, [1][2][3] the Houthis, a Zaydi Shia revivalist political and military organization, have maintained de facto governance over significant portions of no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi-controlled_Yemen
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Claim 14: “announced a blockade on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.”
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Claim 15: “They have also attacked Saudi vessels as well as oil facilities in the kingdom”
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Claim 16: “the warring parties reached a truce in April 2022 that ended major fighting across the country.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific truce of April 2022.
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Claim 17: “Yemeni forces... targeted Houthi rebels and their sites in eastern al-Jawf province, northwestern Saada province and the al-Tibas area of central Marib province.”
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Reports from Al Arabiya and other news sources confirm Yemeni government forces targeted Houthi sites in al-Jawf, Saada, and Marib.
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web search NEUTRAL — Republic of Yemen (internationally recognized), Yemeni Armed Forces and GPC allies. Houthi movement. Local, non-aligned forces. (For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas in Saudi …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi–Saudi_Arabian_conflict
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web search NEUTRAL — Yemeni forces, in a series of posts on X, said they targeted Houthi rebels and their sites in eastern al-Jawf province, northwestern Saada province and the al-Tibas area of central Marib province.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/yemens-houthis-laun…
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web search NEUTRAL — As fighting continues between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis, the Yemeni army launched attacks on Houthi positions in the northern province of al.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/08/18/ye…
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