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Yemeni govt forces retreat from strait in major setback

Verified: 8 outlets in 8 countries have reported this story since Nov 15.

📍 Yemen, YE·🕐 6h ago·8 outlets

Yemeni government forces announced today they were withdrawing from the area near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to focus on a defence of their main base in Aden, in a major setback for the Saudi-backed campaign against the Iran-aligned Houthis.

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The story so far · 9 reports · · 8 countries✓ Verified Nov 15, 9:30 AM UTC
  1. Nov 15, 8:56 AM UTCFirst report
    Yemen government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthis in controlstraitstimes.com ↗
  2. Nov 15, 9:30 AM UTC+34 min
    Southern Yemeni forces withdraw from area near Bab Al Mandabthenationalnews.com ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 9:30 AM UTC · +34 min
  4. Nov 15, 9:56 AM UTC+1 h
    Southern Yemeni forces withdraw from area near Bab Al Mandabthenationalnews.com (again) ↗
  5. Nov 15, 10:27 AM UTC+2 h
    Houthis take control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait as Yemen's forces withdraw | The Jerusalem Postjpost.com ↗
  6. Nov 15, 1:27 PM UTC+5 h
    Yemen's gov't forces withdraw from strategic Bab al-Mandab area amid Houthi advancesenglish.news.cn ↗
  7. Nov 15, 1:58 PM UTC+5 h
    Yemeni government force retreats from strait in major setback in war against Houthisal-monitor.com ↗
  8. Nov 15, 2:02 PM UTC+5 h· you’re reading this
    Yemeni govt forces retreat from strait in major setbackrte.ie ↗
  9. Nov 15, 2:13 PM UTC+5 h
    Houthis take control of Bab el-Mandeb areabdnews24.com ↗
  10. Nov 15, 4:55 PM UTC+8 h
    Yemeni government forces retreat from strait in major setback in war against Houthisthehindu.com ↗
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[Claude] Report 2 is a Reuters version of the same announced withdrawal from the Bab al-Mandeb area, with matching details and no conflicting facts.

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