Statement after the Houthi campaign against Mocha, the major IRG-controlled Red Sea port city began:

“A broad and qualitative military operation targeting the Saudi enemy’s mobilizations and weapons depots in the Al-Mocha area.”Bridget Toomey, "Fighting in Yemen Escalates, Raising Concern of a Return to Civil War," FDD's Long War Journal, August 12, 2026, https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/08/fighting-in-yemen-escalates-raising-concern-of-a-return-to-civil-war.php.