Yemen's Government Launches Offensive to Retake Houthi-Held Territory

Are Houthi strikes legitimate self-defense against a siege or the gunpoint rule of a faction holding a nation hostage?

Published 6 days ago

Yemen's Government Launches Offensive to Retake Houthi-Held Territory

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Above: Rashad al-Alimi. Image credit: Rashad al-Alimi via X

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Bombing and strangling a country for years earns only one response: siege for siege, escalation for escalation. Striking the oil facilities that bankroll the aggression is legitimate self-defense, and homegrown missiles slipping past expensive Western air defenses prove the point. The painful operations and attacks will continue until the Saudi aggression and blockade end.

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Yahya Sare'e on X

Pro-establishment narrative

Peace was given every chance, and the response was more mobilization, more threats against civilians and more attacks on neighbors and shipping lanes. No state can survive with weapons held outside its authority by a faction that decides the country's future at gunpoint. Restoring institutions, services and families' right to go home is worth the fight.

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Yemen Army on X