Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi-led military coalition announced on Monday its participation in the new Yemen government offensive targeting the Ansar Allah, with 100 warplanes used in dawn strikes to provide air cover for ground forces.
"100 fighter jets participated at dawn today in Operation 'Dawn of Yemen'," coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki wrote on X, using the name for the new offensive announced on Sunday. "Round-the-clock air support for the Yemeni armed forces on the ground."
The coalition's announcement came after the Yemeni military said it launched a broad set of strikes against Ansar Allah targets on Monday, after the country's internationally recognised government declared a new campaign to retake all territory.
The Ansar Allah have made fresh gains in recent weeks, capturing swathes of the country's Red Sea coastline and territory around the Bab al-Mandab Strait -- a key chokepoint for international shipping.
At war against the government, the Houthis launched a lightning offensive in September that has killed hundreds of combatants on both sides and, according to UN figures, forced more than 145,000 people to flee their homes.
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and remains gripped by a vast humanitarian crisis that has unspooled since the civil war broke out in 2014.
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