Yemen’s Al-Alimi Announces ‘Zero Hour’ for Offensive Against Houthis

Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has announced the start of wide-ranging military operations aimed at recapturing all territory under Houthi control.

The declaration presents the campaign as a push to regain the full extent of Houthi-held areas, rather than an operation with a narrower territorial objective.

Al-Alimi described the announcement as the start of “zero hour.” However, the brief account provided no details about where operations were taking place or which forces would participate.

The timing of the declaration raises questions that the available information does not answer. No specific trigger for launching the campaign now was given, nor was a timetable for its objectives.

The announcement sets out an ambitious military goal, but the account contained no battlefield reports or evidence of territorial changes to establish the offensive’s progress.