Liberation of Yemen’s Hudaydah – first objective of new US-backed Saudi-UAE Pact
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- The assault force for capturing Hudaydah consists mainly of around 25,000 troops of Yemeni army units opposed to the Houthi insurgency. They have seized positions around Hudaydah airport that afford fire control of the runways. Therefore, Yemeni jets cannot land reinforcements for helping the roughly 2,000 Houthi fighters repulse the Saudi-UAE assault.
- DEBKAfile’s military sources estimate that the assault force had no need to call on the strategic reserves prepared outside the airfield in view of the Houthis’ weakened condition. In the past year, the movement has suffered from internal strife with reciprocal assassinations among rival chiefs.
- After several delays in the past year, US President Donald Trump, who regards the two crown princes, Muhammad bin-Salman of Saudi Arabia and Sheikh Muhammed bin Ziyad, as allies, gave them the green light to go forward. US aid consists of intelligence for marking targets, precision weapons for Saudi and UAE air force and artillery units and mid-air refueling for coalition air raids. The UAE is fielding about 1,500 special operations forces and the Saudis, a fleet of helicopters READ MORE
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