Yemen Official Calls Houthi Coastal Advance Painful
A senior Yemeni presidential council member called the loss of Mokha and the Red Sea coast to Houthi forces painful and regrettable, vowing that government troops are regrouping to mount a counteroffensive.
A high-ranking official within Yemen’s internationally recognized government has described the rapid loss of strategic Red Sea coastal territories to the Iran-backed Houthi movement as "painful and regrettable," while asserting that loyalist forces are actively preparing to reclaim lost ground. The remarks follow a swift Houthi offensive that triggered the sudden collapse of pro-government defensive lines across the western seaboard and culminated in the capture of the crucial port city of Mokha.