Hawzah News Agency- Yemeni armed forces have cleansed the western coast regions of the remnants of Saudi and American aggressor mercenaries — an operation spanning over 5,400 square kilometers across six districts in the Taiz and Hodeidah provinces, achieved after 12 years of violations of Yemeni sovereignty.
According to a statement by the Yemeni armed forces, Operation "Wallahu Ashaddo Ba'san wa Ashaddo Tankilan" (God is severer in might and punishment) targeted seven Saudi military corps and enemy force gatherings comprising 38 military brigades. Hundreds of enemy forces were killed, wounded, or captured, and the Yemeni armed forces freed all army prisoners and civilians from the prisons of Saudi mercenaries and aggressors on the western coast.
Dimensions of the victory in the words of Ali al-Emad, member of Ansarullah's political bureau
In exclusive remarks to Al-Ahd news website, Ali al-Emad, a member of the political bureau of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, said the victory is a blessing from God and a great favor tied to the righteousness of the cause. Opportunities for peace were given to the Saudi enemy, but it betrayed, broke agreements, and reneged on what it had committed to.
Al-Emad said the battle revealed the parties involved: one side with unified command, a unified nation, fighters, a clear and declared position, and clear objectives — foremost among them lifting the siege and ending the aggression. The other side revealed weakness, lack of purpose and will, and dependence on Saudi decisions, alongside fragility in planning and confrontation and weak morale among its forces.
Regional repercussions of the western coast liberation operation
The political repercussions of Operation "Wallahu Ashaddo Ba'san wa Ashaddo Tankilan" have gone beyond Yemen's borders, creating a different orientation in the region that rejects Saudi Arabia's aggressive authoritarianism.
In this regard, Al-Emad noted that while Saudi Arabia was bombing and killing Yemenis on US orders and participating in the battle — demonstrating its treachery and criminality — it sometimes tried to claim the conflict was religious, sectarian, racial, or ethnic. But the truth of Saudi Arabia and its inclination to serve the American enemy was exposed.
Al-Emad added that matters reached the point where they dragged sanctities into the conflict, spreading lies that Sana'a intended to target the Two Holy Mosques. These lies certainly sound the alarm about this enemy — an enemy that may seek to target the Two Holy Mosques to please the Zionists. For one who sent the covering of the Kaaba to the criminals at Epstein Island to please the Zionists is prepared to bomb sanctities to satisfy the Jews and to create sectarian conflicts in the region.
Regarding Sana'a's standing, Al-Emad noted that Arab and Islamic nations now trust Sana'a, its discourse, its media, and its great leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and clearly defend this discourse and approach. What was observed among brothers in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, and even Syria, as well as honorable brothers outside their homelands from Persian Gulf countries — especially Saudi Arabia and Morocco — is proof of this.
He added that all this confirms Yemen faces an occupying enemy, and the Ummah does not trust it. These nations and free voices are no longer influenced by the speeches of the scholars of Mohammed bin Salman's court — the same unpleasant voices that called for jihad and defense of the Two Holy Mosques, while the same figures and faces prevented the Ummah from jihad to defend believing, fighting, oppressed, and weakened brothers in Gaza and Palestine.
After the coast liberation battle
The western coast liberation battle constitutes a major strategic shift, as what comes after the coast differs from what came before.
In this context, Al-Emad recalled that Yemen now has its sovereignty and standing, and enemies deal with it on equal footing — indeed, they have become cautious even about engaging in battle with it, especially as they are today trapped and defeated in the sacred battle in the Strait of Hormuz alongside their honorable and fighting brothers in Iran.
Al-Emad said Saudi Arabia failed with all its wailing to mobilize the world to participate in its battle against Yemen, because what happened to the Americans and the Zionist entity in the previous battle was a very powerful and influential lesson.
Al-Emad stressed that the nature of the battle being managed today is a battle to cleanse the region of America's presence and domination, carried out by our heroes in Iran. It also aims to weaken the Zionist regime and defeat the "Greater Israel" project by fighting brothers in Lebanon's Hezbollah and Hamas. Yemenis also have a major role in cutting off the "long Arab arm" (Arabism) that seeks to divide the Ummah through flattery, media, financial, and political pressures.
He added that while American unipolar dominance and its tools once ruled the region, today a large group of fighters has formed the "unity of battlefields" and created a unified front of nations and fighting institutions that believe in the Ummah's unity and its ability to change this reality. It has become clear that this faithful group's military arsenal is exceptional and unique, and the enemy has been unable to obtain or confront these capabilities. That is why we are witnessing a civilizational movement — an Ummah that believes in itself and takes pride in its God and religion.
Bab al-Mandab in the grip of Yemen's support front
Yemen's major victory carries dimensions beyond geography, placing the Red Sea waters within a military and security equation tied to Yemen's will and sovereignty over opening or closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
In this regard, Dr. Abdul-Malik Issa, professor of political sociology at Sana'a University and political analyst, told Al-Ahd in exclusive remarks that the victory on the western coast is not merely a geographic expansion but a strategic shift in the structure of the aggression against Yemen and in the Red Sea and regional equations. The expansion of control from "Hays" and "al-Khawkhah" to "al-Mokha," "Dhubab," "Jabal al-Nar," and "Mayyun Island," alongside advances around the "Kahbub" mountains and deployment on "Hanish" islands, creates a contiguous zone combining coast, highlands, islands, and ports — giving Sana'a's army forces an integrated land and sea support at the southern gateway to the Red Sea.
Issa noted that this victory eliminated the mercenary belt that Saudi Arabia and the UAE used for years to gather armed formations and threaten Hodeidah, Taiz, and Bab al-Mandab. It also led to the loss of several barracks, airports, command centers, and coastal supply lines by enemy mercenaries.
Issa noted that the heights of Jabal al-Nar and Kahbub gain particular importance, as they overlook vast areas of the coast and routes leading to Dhubab and Bab al-Mandab, providing better conditions for monitoring, early warning, and detecting ground, sea, and air movements. With Yemeni armed forces possessing missile systems, drones, and reconnaissance capabilities, these heights transform from purely defensive positions into a fundamental element in an integrated surveillance and deterrence system.
From Bab al-Mandab to Mayyun Island… a strategic weight in the heart of the Red Sea
Yemeni armed forces have consolidated control over all areas and islands of the western coast, including Mayyun Island — the most vital point in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Dr. Issa believes Mayyun Island's position in the heart of the strait, whose total width is about 30 kilometers and whose waterway splits into two shipping channels, gives it exceptional value in monitoring ship movement.
He continued that when Mayyun is combined with Dhubab, Kahbub, al-Mokha, and the opposite islands, the monitoring process becomes more comprehensive, and it will be difficult for any hostile power to establish bases or move naval reinforcements without being detected. This means geography automatically closes the strait and provides practical ability to monitor, deter, and enforce the rules of engagement if necessary.
Issa added that this victory elevates Sana'a's political standing from a domestic power to a regional party dominating a highly sensitive part of the maritime security equation. This reality becomes clear when we know that al-Mokha is about 80 kilometers from Bab al-Mandab — a strait through which about 12 percent of global trade passes under normal conditions.
According to Issa, no agreements on Red Sea security can survive if they ignore Yemen or seek to bypass it. The collapse of the coast's mercenary formations, despite years of funding and weapons, also creates a confidence crisis in Saudi and Emirati local tools and confirms that air superiority alone cannot consolidate political or military influence on the ground.
Dr. Issa considers this victory an opportunity to rebuild activity at al-Mokha port, secure fishermen's activities, and restore commercial and service movement in areas that had been turned into military barracks for years.
The Red Sea Ports Corporation has announced the start of gradual return of the port to operation, saying that "85 ships passed through Bab al-Mandab in less than 72 hours, roughly equivalent to 96 percent of normal movement. These indicators provide practical proof that Sana'a can combine having power and protecting commercial shipping, and defeat efforts to portray its presence as an all-out threat to international trade (as Saudi Arabia wants)."
Dr. Issa emphasizes the importance of this development regionally, given the disruption of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the region's increased dependence on the Red Sea. He said any power capable of influencing Bab al-Mandab directly becomes part of energy, trade, and international security equations. Therefore, retaking the coast reduces Saudi Arabia's margin of maneuver, increases the cost of any new aggression, and shows that airstrikes without ground forces cannot operate in highly complex mountainous and coastal environments.
Liberation of the western coast… a victory for Palestine
Yemen's support front, after consolidating control over Bab al-Mandab, plays a deeper and more precise role in supporting Gaza and Palestine.
Dr. Issa noted in this regard that Bab al-Mandab is the southern entrance to the Red Sea, while the occupied port of Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) is at its far northern point. Therefore, ships linked to the "Israeli" enemy traveling from the Indian Ocean toward its ports pass through this strategic zone.
He added that control over the coast, highlands, and islands gives Yemen greater ability to monitor and distinguish between ships, pressure enemy interests, and force it to vastly expand its naval presence and increase insurance, protection, and transportation costs.
Issa concluded by stressing that the victory on the western coast is an achievement for Yemen and Palestine — because it protects the internal front, weakens the tools of aggression, gives Sana'a a regional deterrence card, and turns geography into an active element in besieging the "Israeli" enemy and applying economic and military pressure on it, while the security of non-targeted commercial shipping remains safe.
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