Houthis push for control of Yemen highlands

Houthi fighters pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen ‌Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that US President Donald Trump had called off American strikes on the group at the last minute. A lightning advance by the Iran-backed group this month has extended the wider Middle East conflict to a new theatre and further threatened global energy supplies. The US has so far rebuffed repeated pleas from Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Moha

Source: The Korea Herald