🇸🇦🇾🇪🇾🇪 — Saudi Arabia is preparing a potential new offensive against the Houthis, possibly within weeks, aimed primarily at retaking control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and restoring Red Sea shipping.

More than 100,000 Yemeni government troops could be mobilized with Saudi air support. Riyadh is considering either a limited coastal assault or a broader, multi-front offensive across Yemen.

The U.S. is providing intelligence and military advisers but is not expected to participate directly in combat.

Pakistan has deployed 30,000–40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend against Houthi missile and drone attacks.

Riyadh believes peace talks cannot resume while the Houthis control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

— Reuters | @TheWarReporter