🇾🇪⚔️🇾🇪 Pro-PLC sources have officially admitted to the fall of the Mayyun/Perim Island and the nearby coastal town of Murad, completing the Houthi conquest of Yemen's Red Sea Coast.

Map shows the territorial changes in Yemen in the last ~24h.

The Tai'zz salient is becoming increasingly untenable for the PLC to hold and it will have to be abandoned soon.

In a week, the Houthis undid the entire 2017 Operation Golden Arrow which saw the Hadi government (predecessor of the PLC) retake the Al Dhubab, Maqbanah, Waziya, Mokha, and Mawza districts (which the Houthis captured yesterday), and the 2018 summer offensive by the National Resistance (became the PLC) which saw the anti-Houthi forces advance along the Red Sea coast capturing the city of Hays and Khukha (lost to the Houthis at the beginning of the week) and the entire Jabal Habashy district.

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Situation on the Bely Kolodez and Veliky Burluk directions, Kharkov Oblast:

Over the last two weeks, Ukraine has been carrying out a series of counterattacks and stabilising actions in the northeastern corner of Kharkov Oblast, aimed at eliminating the threat of encirclement to it's forces stationed in the salient east of Volchansk.

Towards the end of July, Russia began a two-pronged attack from the east and west aimed at cutting off around 430 km² of Ukrainian-controlled territory. To do this, they achieved a series of tactical breakthroughs into several different villages, and began advancing towards the key logistical hub of Prikolotnoe.

The Ukrainian command quickly sent in reinforcements to hold back the line, and despite losing the villages of Anishchino, Ivashchino, Ustinovka, Shevyakovka, and Artyolnoe on the eastern flank, they were able to slow the Russian advance and eventually stabilise the situation. Several small assault groups were dispatched to the Dolzhanka area to clear out Russian soldiers who infiltrated it in mid-August. After being unable to consolidate, Russia began heavily shelling these areas with artillery and MLRS, while deploying reinforcements to try hold back additional Ukrainian counterattacks on Anishchino.

The Ukrainian counterattacks on Anishchino would eventually prove successful after they were able to clear Russian infiltrators from the villages of Olkhovatka and Vodyanoe to the south, with them re-establishing control over Anishchino at the beginning of September. Since then, new counterattacks have been underway slightly further north, where Ukrainian forces managed to clear the fields east of Chornoe and Kupino from earlier Russian infiltrators and began counterattacks on Ivashchino, which they were also able to recapture at the beginning of September.

Following these tactical losses, the local Russian command requested airstrikes on Ukrainian positions throughout these villages to try prevent them from accumulating and beginning attacks eastward towards the international border. Dozens of KABs were dropped on these areas, including deployment points in villages further west, however Ukrainian forces were still able to recapture some positions east of Ivashchino and Ustinovka, and are now engaged in battles for Ustinovka itself.

Meanwhile, to the south, Russia has resumed assault operations near Khatnje, making new advances north of the village towards Zarubinka, and attacking towards Khatnje itself.

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🇮🇱🇾🇪 Israeli officials are nervous about the Houthi dominance of the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb.

A security source told Channel 12:

An Israeli source warns in a conversation with N12 about the dramatic consequences that could result from the Houthis' control of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait: "They will be able to fire at anything they want with anti-tank missiles; they will be able to see the ships with the naked eye." The source points out a significant difference between the Strait of Hormuz, which currently receives most of the world's attention, and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait: "They are in the shortest point; it is worse than Hormuz."

An Israeli source explains that the Houthis will be able to fire on ships, and unlike their patrons in Iran, they will not need to use sophisticated radars and systems: "They will simply be able to see the ships with the naked eye, and they will be able to launch suicide boats or even seize them. This is a huge development that gives a tremendous amount of power to the terrorist organization."

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🇪🇺🇧🇪🇷🇺 The European Commission is exploring new ways to use €210bn in frozen Russian central bank assets to help Ukraine.

Kyiv faces a reported $27bn funding shortfall, putting pressure on EU governments to find money without further straining national budgets.

But Belgium, where most of the assets are held through Euroclear, has blocked previous plans and wants guarantees against potential Russian legal claims or retaliation.

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🇾🇪⚔️🇾🇪 Latest Situation in Southwestern Yemen: Hanish and Zuqar Islands Liberated

🟡 The Houthis, after liberating 4,200 square kilometers of territory in southwestern Yemen, focused on consolidating their advances and securing these areas as well as Yemen's western islands.

✍️ The advance of Yemeni armed forces has halted in the Dhubab and Al-Wazi'iyah districts of Taiz Governorate following a message from Mahdi al-Mashat, head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, regarding the successful conclusion of the military operation. Clashes have been reported in the Al-Majr and Jabal al-Ahmar areas, located between Al-Wazi'iyah district and northern Lahij Governorate, but these have not resulted in any change to the frontlines on this axis.

➡️ Saudi coalition warplanes have also bombed various areas in Al-Mokha city and Dhubab district over several waves. These strikes are likely intended to prevent Yemeni forces from accessing equipment left behind by Tariq Saleh's operatives.

👉 Despite the circulation of various reports about the complete clearing of Yemen's western islands, the status of Mayun Island remains unclear, and our field sources have only confirmed the entry of Yemeni naval forces into three islands: Zuqar, Greater Hanish, and Lesser Hanish.

A report has also been published claiming the capture of 2,000 Tariq Saleh forces along with their military equipment on Zuqar Island and the Hanish Islands. This occurred due to their inability to retreat before Yemeni forces seized these islands on the western coast. Missile and drone strikes by Yemeni armed forces in recent days had destroyed their boats, depriving them of any means of escape.

It remains unclear what plans Yemeni armed forces have for deploying or evacuating the facilities on these islands, but it is likely that the Yemenis intend to use these islands to establish smart control over the Red Sea waterway.

✍️ The recapture of southwestern Yemen and the liberation of 4,200 square kilometers of the country's territory is a major achievement that, in addition to defeating the Saudi coalition's plans to occupy Yemen, provides the Sana'a government with the ability to directly monitor the vital Red Sea waterway and global energy security. This important advance will undoubtedly open more space for Iran and the Axis of Resistance in the next round of the war to challenge the West in a regional conflict and will inflict lethal blows upon them.

🔗 IWN

🇸🇦🛢 Saudi crude production plummets to lowest level since 1990 amid US war on Iran

Saudi Arabia's crude oil production collapsed to 6.24 million barrels per day in August, marking its lowest output level since 1990, as the ongoing US war on Iran and regional maritime disruptions severely hampered energy exports.

According to OPEC data released today, the kingdom's output plummeted by roughly 1.9 million barrels per day from July. The sharp reversal occurred despite planned increases by OPEC+ producers, driven by mounting blockades on critical export corridors across the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.

With the Strait of Hormuz facing acute instability, Riyadh increasingly relied on its western Red Sea port of Yanbu.

That alternative route faced intense pressure after Yemen's Ansarallah movement declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia in July, targeting energy infrastructure and shipping lanes.

The resulting blockades sent Red Sea loadings plunging to multi-month lows, tightened global crude supplies, and pushed Brent crude above $100 per barrel.

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