Yemeni Defence Adviser Says Taking Hodeidah Is a Strategic Goal

Brigadier General Mohammed al-Kumaim, an adviser to Yemen’s defence minister, said taking control of Hodeidah was a strategic objective as combat operations continued under Operation “Dawn of Yemen.”

Al-Kumaim said the fighting launched as part of the operation was ongoing and had produced gains he described as significant.

Among those gains, he cited the capture of Bab al-Mandab and Dhubab, describing the advances as the liberation of those areas.

His remarks placed Hodeidah among the operation’s strategic priorities, but did not provide a timetable for an advance on the city or details of the next phase of fighting.