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Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes in Yemen over 24 hours

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On Friday, September 18, 2026, Yemen's Houthis reported that Saudi Arabia had conducted 26 air strikes against their positions in the past day and over 300 strikes in the last week. The conflict, which reignited in July after a period of relative calm since 2022, has escalated with the Houthis seizing control of parts of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and declaring a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, impacting oil exports through the Bab al-Mandab strait.
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On September 18, 2026, the Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of launching 26 airstrikes against areas under their control over the past day. The Houthis also reported that Saudi strikes had reached 300 over the week prior, targeting various Houthi-held territories. This escalation follows a period where fighting was relatively dormant but intensified starting in July 2026. Saudi Arabia, leading an international coalition backing Yemen's government since 2015, has seen renewed conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis who captured the capital Sanaa in 2014 and now control much of Yemen’s populated areas, including the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait. The ongoing war continues to devastate the impoverished nation, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

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Yemen GPE · 6× Houthis NORP · 3× Saudi NORP · 3× Saudi Arabia GPE · 3× Houthi NORP · 2× Kpler ORG · 1× Riyadh GPE · 1× Sanaa GPE · 1× pro-Iran NORP · 1× the Zaidi Shia Muslims NORP · 1×

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Yemen’s Houthis said on Friday (September 18, 2026) that Saudi Arabia had launched 26 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, as the pro-Iran group and Yemen’s Riyadh-backed government clash in the country’s revived civil war.
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Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes in Yemen over 24 hours · assertive framing

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Yemen’s Houthis said on Friday (September 18, 2026) that Saudi Arabia had launched 26 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, as the pro-Iran group and Yemen’s Riyadh-backed government clash in the country’s revived civil war. asserted
group → say → war
The group said that the number of Saudi strikes on its positions had reached 300 over the last week, saying they targeted areas across Houthi-held Yemen. asserted
they → say → Yemen
The war, which began in 2014 with the Houthi capture of the capital Sanaa, had been largely frozen since 2022 but erupted back into life in July. asserted
which → begin → July
Saudi Arabia has, since 2015, led a coalition backing the internationally recognised government. asserted
Arabia → lead → government
Its intervention escalated the war, which has triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in the impoverished country. asserted
which → escalate → country
This month, the Houthis, who already held most of Yemen’s populated areas, launched a lightning offensive to take over the country’s entire Red Sea coast, giving them control over the vital Bab al-Mandab strait. asserted
who → hold → strait
The group, whose heartland is among the Zaidi Shia Muslims of northern Yemen, has declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia, which had used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, itself closed by the West Asia war, for its oil exports. asserted
which → declare → exports
Figures from maritime tracking firm Kpler showed that Saudi exports via the Bab al-Mandab Strait had dropped since July, although five loaded ships had passed through in the last week. asserted
ships → show → week
The Houthis insist that navigation of the strait is open and free except for Saudi vessels. asserted
navigation → insist → vessels
On Friday (September 18), the UN said that the renewed fighting had displaced more than 112,000 people while nearly 3,000 others had fled across the sea to Djibouti, heaping further misery on an already struggling population. asserted
others → say → population
In 2025, the UN warned that 17 million people in Yemen were struggling to eat and a further million faced extreme hunger. asserted
million → warn → hunger
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