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Yemeni government force retreats from strait in major setback in war against Houthis

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📍 Yemen, YE·🕐 6h ago·8 outlets

By Mohammed Ghobari Nov 15 (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces announced on Sunday they were withdrawing from the area near the Bab el-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. The announcement signalled the apparent end of a six-week government counteroffensive to reclaim the coast near the mouth of the Red Sea, seized by the Houthis in September in a lightning advance that squeezed oil exports.

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The story so far · 9 reports · · 8 countries✓ Verified Nov 15, 9:30 AM UTC

Nov 15, 8:56 AM UTCFirst report
Yemen government forces withdraw from area near Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Houthis in control straitstimes.com ↗
Nov 15, 9:30 AM UTC+34 min
Southern Yemeni forces withdraw from area near Bab Al Mandab thenationalnews.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 9:30 AM UTC · +34 min
Nov 15, 9:56 AM UTC+1 h
Southern Yemeni forces withdraw from area near Bab Al Mandab thenationalnews.com (again) ↗
Nov 15, 10:27 AM UTC+2 h
Houthis take control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait as Yemen's forces withdraw | The Jerusalem Post jpost.com ↗
Nov 15, 1:27 PM UTC+5 h
Yemen's gov't forces withdraw from strategic Bab al-Mandab area amid Houthi advances english.news.cn ↗
Nov 15, 1:58 PM UTC+5 h· you’re reading this
Yemeni government force retreats from strait in major setback in war against Houthisal-monitor.com ↗
Nov 15, 2:02 PM UTC+5 h
Yemeni govt forces retreat from strait in major setback rte.ie ↗
Nov 15, 2:13 PM UTC+5 h
Houthis take control of Bab el-Mandeb area bdnews24.com ↗
Nov 15, 4:55 PM UTC+8 h
Yemeni government forces retreat from strait in major setback in war against Houthis thehindu.com ↗

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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same announcement of the Yemeni government forces' withdrawal from the Bab el-Mandeb area on the same day, and the two accounts are consistent.

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