Al Hudaydah offensive

Cabinet of Yemen Saudi Arabia[3][4][5] United Arab Emirates[5][6] Supreme Political Council Supported by: Tareq Saleh Ahmad al-Kokpani Hassan Taher[9] Abdulrahman Hajri[10] Haitham Kassem[11] Nabil Amr  (WIA) Abu Zaraa Al-Mahramy[12] Abdulsalam Al Shehi[13] Raed Al-Habhy Al-Yafeiy[12] Hamdy Shokry Al-Sobaihy[12] Abd Al-Rahman Al-Lajy[12] Nizar Al-Wageeh[12] Abu Haroun Al-Yafeiy[12] Wissam Saleh[14] Hassan Dobla Ibrahim AbadoMohammed Al Himyari[15] Aseel Al Sakladi[15] Mohammed Omar Moamen[16] Rafeeq Domah[17] Ibrahim Al Theeb[18] Ahmed Kawkabani[19] Saddam Al-Qadi[19] Nabil Al Suheily[19] Naser Al Redhami[20] Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Yusuf al-Madani Mansour Ahmed Hamoud Jahaf al-Makeni Abu Ali al-Hakim Mohammed Al-Amati[21] Latman Sharaf[21] Republican Guard [22]Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Ansar al-Shariah campaign (2011–14) Houthi rebellion (2014) Bombings and terrorist attacks in Yemen Houthi missile and drone attacks in Yemen Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates U.S. raids on al-Qaeda Military operations Diplomacy Effects Al Hudaydah offensive, also called Western Coast Offensive (Arabic: جبهة الساحل الغربي), describes the offensive launched in December 2017 by pro-government forces against the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate as part of Yemen's 2015 civil war.

In November 2021, a coalition withdrawal led the Houthi forces to break the siege of Al Hudaydah and recapture At Tuhayta.

[33] On 10 December, pro-government sources claimed that the Houthis were collapsing before the advancing forces, and had lost control of the district of Hays, alongside part of At Tuhayat.

His entire line was eliminated, and more than 53 of his fighters were killed, including commanders Ali Muhammad Sulaiman Halsi, Abu Malak, Hameed Qasim Heikal, and Mohammed al-Dahn.

[41] On December 14, Houthi forces attempted to infiltrate the Al Khawkhah District, but were repelled by Hadi soldiers.

[42][43] On December 15, Houthis again tried to reinforce their positions south of Hays, but they were pushed back after coalition bombardments killed 11 and injured dozens.

On the same day, coalition aircraft bombed Houthi positions in Al Mansuriyah District, killing 22 and wounding dozens of other militiamen.

[44] Also, coalition bombed Houthi position in Surat al-Jarrah, Zubaid, Hays, Dahrami and al-Tahita, killing 28 and wounding 17.

[50] On December 22, Hadi official claimed that Yusuf al-Madani, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi's brother in law, and Houthi general of Fifth military region, was killed.

[62][63] Houthis who managed to infiltrate Khawkhah, were holing themself and were hiding in farms and rural areas, fearing coalition bombardment.

[65] On 2 January, coalition forces clashed with Houthi in Wadi Zami area south of the center of Hays and captured many farms and villages.

[84][85] On 5 February, Tihama resistance, southern Giants brigades, and Hadi loyals commanded by Tihama leader Abdulrahman Hajri, southern leader Abu Zaraa Al-Mahramy, and Hadi loyalist Brigadier General Ahmad al-Kokpani entered Hays district, with the fall of the town being confirmed the following day.

[88] On the following day, the coalition cut the road leading to Al Garrahi District, and started to clear the Houthi pockets inside Hays.

Southern Giants, Tihama resistance, and Hadi loyals, backed by UAE Apache helicopters, attacked Houthi forces in Al Garrahi.

[97] On the 10 February the Houthi commander in Hays, Omar al-Ansi, retreated in al Garrahi, but was executed for abandoning the battlefield.

On the same day, the coalition managed to besiege Al Garrahi, and during clashes, a Houthi commander, Yunus Ibrahim Amer, was killed in the battle.

[101] On the 14 February the coalition's fighters besieged Houthi remnants in Hays, who were hiding in Jabal Dabbas, resulting in the group, 6 in their numbers, to surrender.

[106][107] On the 17 February coalition forces advanced in Garrahi's small town of Beit Bish, and clashed with Houthi defenders.

[109] Between the 18 and 20 February, Houthis lost more than 100 fighters in fierce clashes with government forces or in air strikes by Saudi-led coalition on the seacoast battlefield, according to Yemen's Defence Ministry.

[116] On the 4 March Houthi fighters closed all roads and created defensive lines in al-Garrahi, as the coalition's offensive had failed to make any big gains.

[118][119] On 7 March, Southern Giants Brigades, Tihama resistance, Hadi loyals, and the National Resistance, held a meeting, giving the position of supreme commander of the coalition during the campaign to Hodeidah to Tariq Saleh, replacing southern Giants commander Abu Zaraa Al-Mahramy.

[130] On 19 April Saleh Ali al-Sammad, head of the Supreme Political Council, was killed in an air raid in the al-Buraihi area of Hudaydah province.

[132][133] According to Yemeni officials, on 13 June 2018, approximately 2,000 Emirati troops assaulted Hudaida, departing from a UAE naval base in Eritrea.

[134] A worker for CARE reported hearing at least 30 airstrikes on the first day of fighting as the city population was caught in panic.

[8][136] On 14 November 2021, clashes were reported in Al Faza, a town located 15 km from Saudi Coalition held Al-Khokha.

[139] Fouad Jahannam, another military leader of the Hadi government Tahama Brigades was target of a assassination attack on Al-Jarahi northern Hays, that left him injured.