Yemen fighting intensifies as government forces push on multiple fronts

DUBAI: Fighting is intensifying across Yemen as government forces launch or prepare offensives against the Houthi movement, in the most significant escalation in years. Yemen remains effectively divided between two main areas of control. The Houthis control the capital Sanaa and most of northern and western Yemen, including the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, while the internationally recognized government controls much of the south and east. The two sides have largely remained separated by front lin