Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait
By Mohammed Ghobari and Timour AzhariOct 5 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month.In response, the Houthis said they had attacked key locations in Saudi Arabia includingthe King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh, the Abha international airport and the Khamis Mushait military base.
