AL-MUKALLA: Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis continued on Thursday for a fourth consecutive day around a strategic mountain in Al-Madaribah Wa Al-Aarah overlooking the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, as the militia seeks to seize high ground dominating the vital Red Sea waterway. A Yemeni government official familiar with the situation along the Red Sea coast told Arab News that the Houthis had launched intense assaults on government troops defending positions in

Source: Arab News